Mexico vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 9 million TIV in Mexico and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 61 million TIV, or 7.78 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Mexico	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	9 million	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	46 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	4 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	229 million	33 billion
2021	3 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	277 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	–	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	16 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	215 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	328 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	324 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	89 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	52 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	260 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	225 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	109 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	59 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	23 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	78 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	40 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	321 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	20 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	97 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	149 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	215 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	136 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	19 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	495 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	92 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	55 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	136 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	160 million	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	40 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	32 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	63 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	103 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	154 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	137 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	8 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	–	–	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	343 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	115 million	–	42 billion
1980	75 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	68 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	74 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	39 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	69 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	104 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	61 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	158 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	15 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	48 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	82 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	15 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	22 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	12 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	38 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	60 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	109 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	30 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	20 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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Deaths in conflictsMexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022