Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea

Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports

Arms imports: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 123 million TIV, or 15 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea: Arms importsArms imports: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025 and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 123 million TIV, or 15 times that in Papua New Guinea.
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What the numbers say

  • Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1975.
  • The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)Papua New GuineaWorld
202570 million–33.3 billion
2024222 million–30.6 billion
2023132 million9 million29.5 billion
2022229 million–33 billion
202167 million14 million26.8 billion
2020217 million–23.4 billion
2019206 million–26.9 billion
2018203 million8 million27.3 billion
2017210 million031.2 billion
2016284 million–31.4 billion
2015258 million–28.7 billion
2014112 million3 million27 billion
2013252 million–27.4 billion
2012398 million–27.9 billion
2011668 million–29.9 billion
201062 million–25.8 billion
200965 million–24 billion
200880 million–24.1 billion
2007153 million–26.5 billion
2006206 million–24.4 billion
2005179 million–21.3 billion
2004192 million–21.3 billion
2003100 million–19.2 billion
2002156 million–17.7 billion
2001153 million–18.3 billion
200016 million–20.5 billion
1999141 million–25.3 billion
1998156 million–27.9 billion
1997231 million7 million28.9 billion
1996115 million1 million23.7 billion
1995224 million–22.9 billion
199497 million1 million22.8 billion
1993331 million–25.8 billion
199231 million10 million24.3 billion
1991239 million10 million27.8 billion
1990278 million4 million28.6 billion
198934 million6 million31.7 billion
1988–6 million32.9 billion
1987–12 million36.2 billion
19869 million8 million35.5 billion
1985––33.2 billion
1984–2 million36.8 billion
1983––39.1 billion
198238 million4 million41.4 billion
1981–2 million42 billion
198040 million–37.4 billion
197919 million–33.3 billion
197825 million2 million39.2 billion
19779 million3 million37 billion
197610 million–33 billion
197553 million32 million34.2 billion
1974––32.9 billion
1973––32.6 billion
19724 million–28.7 billion
197128 million–29.3 billion
19704 million–22.1 billion
196922 million–24.7 billion
19686 million–22.4 billion
196714 million–22.1 billion
19663 million–22.4 billion
196519 million–23.1 billion
196418 million–24.2 billion
196328 million–18.1 billion
196214 million–15.5 billion
196117 million–15 billion
19606 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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