Myanmar (Burma) vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 754 million TIV, or 12 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Netherlands ranked 12 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)	Netherlands	World
2025	70 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	–	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	–	755 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	255 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 2022Netherlands: 0 deaths in 2022