Myanmar (Burma) vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 99 million TIV, or 4 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Switzerland	World
2025	70 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	15 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	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	289 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	218 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 2022Switzerland: 0 deaths in 2022