Myanmar (Burma) vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 37 million TIV, or 2.12 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Thailand ranked 60 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)	Thailand	World
2025	70 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	63 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	350 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	52 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	28 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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