Myanmar (Burma) vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 539 million TIV, or 8.7 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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)	United Kingdom	World
2025	70 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	252 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	812 million	42 billion
1980	40 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	26 million	15.7 billion

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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 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022