Myanmar (Burma) vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 636 million TIV, or 10 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Pakistan	World
2025	70 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	67 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	80 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	491 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	41 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	46 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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