Myanmar (Burma) vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 76 million TIV, or 2.09 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Sweden	World
2025	70 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	495 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	227 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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