Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Laos in 2024 and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 215 million TIV, or 32 times that in Laos.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Laos.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Laos	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	–	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	229 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	17 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	27 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	136 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	–	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	7 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	–	112 million	27 billion
2013	19 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	15 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	–	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	26 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	7 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	4 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	–	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	0	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	7 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	30 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	22 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	43 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	8 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	18 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	29 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	–	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	59 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	26 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	94 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	1 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	54 million	–	42 billion
1980	35 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	–	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	26 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	134 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	21 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	37 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	44 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	14 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	17 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	23 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	10 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	4 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	14 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	7 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	15 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	19 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	3 million	6 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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