Myanmar (Burma) vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 66 million TIV, or 18 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Tanzania.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	Tanzania	World
2025	70 million	4 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	–	33 billion
2021	67 million	53 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	20 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	20 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	130 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	115 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	78 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	29 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	1 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	12 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	51 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	2 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	4 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	5 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	18 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	5 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	–	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	1 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	–	33.2 billion
1984	–	–	36.8 billion
1983	–	–	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	9 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	121 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	53 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	260 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	67 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	47 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	–	33 billion
1975	53 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	185 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	121 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	51 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	60 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	11 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	4 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	4 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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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022Tanzania: 1 deaths in 2022