Myanmar (Burma)

Arms imports in Myanmar (Burma)

Arms imports in Myanmar (Burma): 6 million TIV in 1960 and 70 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
70 million TIV
Since 1960
+64 million TIV
Rank, 2025
51 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in Myanmar (Burma)Arms imports in Myanmar (Burma): 6 million TIV in 1960 and 70 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 668 million TIV in 2011, the lowest 3 million TIV in 1966.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 668 million TIV in 2011, the lowest 3 million TIV in 1966.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)World
202570 million33.3 billion
2024222 million30.6 billion
2023132 million29.5 billion
2022229 million33 billion
202167 million26.8 billion
2020217 million23.4 billion
2019206 million26.9 billion
2018203 million27.3 billion
2017210 million31.2 billion
2016284 million31.4 billion
2015258 million28.7 billion
2014112 million27 billion
2013252 million27.4 billion
2012398 million27.9 billion
2011668 million29.9 billion
201062 million25.8 billion
200965 million24 billion
200880 million24.1 billion
2007153 million26.5 billion
2006206 million24.4 billion
2005179 million21.3 billion
2004192 million21.3 billion
2003100 million19.2 billion
2002156 million17.7 billion
2001153 million18.3 billion
200016 million20.5 billion
1999141 million25.3 billion
1998156 million27.9 billion
1997231 million28.9 billion
1996115 million23.7 billion
1995224 million22.9 billion
199497 million22.8 billion
1993331 million25.8 billion
199231 million24.3 billion
1991239 million27.8 billion
1990278 million28.6 billion
198934 million31.7 billion
1988–32.9 billion
1987–36.2 billion
19869 million35.5 billion
1985–33.2 billion
1984–36.8 billion
1983–39.1 billion
198238 million41.4 billion
1981–42 billion
198040 million37.4 billion
197919 million33.3 billion
197825 million39.2 billion
19779 million37 billion
197610 million33 billion
197553 million34.2 billion
1974–32.9 billion
1973–32.6 billion
19724 million28.7 billion
197128 million29.3 billion
19704 million22.1 billion
196922 million24.7 billion
19686 million22.4 billion
196714 million22.1 billion
19663 million22.4 billion
196519 million23.1 billion
196418 million24.2 billion
196328 million18.1 billion
196214 million15.5 billion
196117 million15 billion
19606 million15.7 billion

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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