Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea

Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 61 million TIV, or 62 times that in North Korea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea: Arms importsArms imports: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025 and 1 million TIV in North Korea in 2010, by SIPRI estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 61 million TIV, or 62 times that in North Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2001, when it overtook North Korea.
  • The world as a whole: 25.8 billion TIV in 2010.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)North KoreaWorld
202570 million–33.3 billion
2024222 million–30.6 billion
2023132 million–29.5 billion
2022229 million–33 billion
202167 million–26.8 billion
2020217 million–23.4 billion
2019206 million–26.9 billion
2018203 million–27.3 billion
2017210 million–31.2 billion
2016284 million–31.4 billion
2015258 million–28.7 billion
2014112 million–27 billion
2013252 million–27.4 billion
2012398 million–27.9 billion
2011668 million–29.9 billion
201062 million1 million25.8 billion
200965 million4 million24 billion
200880 million5 million24.1 billion
2007153 million5 million26.5 billion
2006206 million5 million24.4 billion
2005179 million5 million21.3 billion
2004192 million8 million21.3 billion
2003100 million35 million19.2 billion
2002156 million54 million17.7 billion
2001153 million73 million18.3 billion
200016 million63 million20.5 billion
1999141 million54 million25.3 billion
1998156 million54 million27.9 billion
1997231 million54 million28.9 billion
1996115 million118 million23.7 billion
1995224 million184 million22.9 billion
199497 million79 million22.8 billion
1993331 million146 million25.8 billion
199231 million183 million24.3 billion
1991239 million251 million27.8 billion
1990278 million340 million28.6 billion
198934 million561 million31.7 billion
1988–818 million32.9 billion
1987–813 million36.2 billion
19869 million1.08 billion35.5 billion
1985–963 million33.2 billion
1984–112 million36.8 billion
1983–339 million39.1 billion
198238 million527 million41.4 billion
1981–347 million42 billion
198040 million487 million37.4 billion
197919 million313 million33.3 billion
197825 million354 million39.2 billion
19779 million297 million37 billion
197610 million487 million33 billion
197553 million561 million34.2 billion
1974–793 million32.9 billion
1973–535 million32.6 billion
19724 million482 million28.7 billion
197128 million1.5 billion29.3 billion
19704 million649 million22.1 billion
196922 million609 million24.7 billion
19686 million1.31 billion22.4 billion
196714 million846 million22.1 billion
19663 million832 million22.4 billion
196519 million118 million23.1 billion
196418 million168 million24.2 billion
196328 million197 million18.1 billion
196214 million181 million15.5 billion
196117 million69 million15 billion
19606 million405 million15.7 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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