Malaysia vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports: 7 million TIV in Malaysia 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 Malaysia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Malaysia.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Malaysia	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	–	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	7 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	11 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	71 million	229 million	33 billion
2021	133 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	68 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	93 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	197 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	270 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	118 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	75 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	82 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	19 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	4 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	213 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.28 billion	65 million	24 billion
2008	493 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	498 million	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	184 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	57 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	68 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	190 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	154 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	26 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	26 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	721 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	39 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	553 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	32 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	828 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	308 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	13 million	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	13 million	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	33 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	37 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	14 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	5 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	141 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	405 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	543 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	275 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	25 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	56 million	–	42 billion
1980	127 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	310 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	72 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	146 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	394 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	85 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	74 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	229 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	109 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	192 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	25 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	79 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	91 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	128 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	10 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	97 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	75 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	31 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	2 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	5 million	6 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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