Myanmar (Burma) vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 107 million TIV, or 2.53 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 and Vietnam ranked 38 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)	Vietnam	World
2025	70 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	222 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	132 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	229 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	67 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	217 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	206 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	203 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	210 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	284 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	258 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	112 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	252 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	398 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	668 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	62 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	65 million	61 million	24 billion
2008	80 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	153 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	206 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	179 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	192 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	100 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	156 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	153 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	16 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	141 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	156 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	231 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	115 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	224 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	97 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	331 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	31 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	239 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	278 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	34 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	–	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	9 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	–	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	–	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	38 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	40 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	19 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	25 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	9 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	10 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	53 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	–	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	–	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	4 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	28 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	4 million	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	22 million	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	14 million	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	3 million	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	19 million	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	18 million	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	28 million	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	14 million	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	17 million	95 million	15 billion
1960	6 million	103 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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