Myanmar (Burma) vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 49 million TIV, or 3.33 times that in Nigeria.

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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 Nigeria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Nigeria	World
2025	70 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	331 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	1 million	15 billion
1960	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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