Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain
Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 167 million TIV, or 3.39 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Spain ranked 33 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) | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 222 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 132 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 229 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 67 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 217 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 206 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 203 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 210 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 284 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 258 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 112 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 252 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 398 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 668 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 62 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 65 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 80 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 153 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 206 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 179 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 192 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 100 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 156 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 153 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 16 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 141 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 156 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 231 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 115 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 224 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 97 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 331 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 31 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 239 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 278 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 34 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 9 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 38 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 40 million | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 19 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 25 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 9 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 10 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 53 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 4 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 28 million | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 4 million | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 22 million | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 14 million | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 3 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 19 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 18 million | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 28 million | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 14 million | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 17 million | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 6 million | 214 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Myanmar (Burma) vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMyanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020