Myanmar (Burma) vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 40 million TIV, or 2.33 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2011, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	South Africa	World
2025	70 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	122 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	–	15 billion
1960	6 million	13 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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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022