Myanmar (Burma) vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 13 million TIV, or 1.23 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Singapore	World
2025	70 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	80 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	167 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	17 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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