Myanmar (Burma) vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.1 billion TIV, or 31 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Poland ranked 4 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)	Poland	World
2025	70 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	–	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	804 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	10 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	53 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	–	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	889 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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