Argentina vs Myanmar (Burma)
Argentina vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $3.73B in Argentina in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $472M, or 1.11 times that in Argentina.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Argentina.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.73B | – |
| 2024 | $4.18B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $5.06B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $4.62B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $4.11B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $4.17B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $4.48B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $4.92B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $5.53B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $5.1B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $5.24B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $5.29B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $5.12B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $4.57B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $4.62B | – |
| 2010 | $4.69B | – |
| 2009 | $4.74B | – |
| 2008 | $4.4B | – |
| 2007 | $4.43B | – |
| 2006 | $4.09B | – |
| 2005 | $3.97B | $716M |
| 2004 | $3.78B | $708M |
| 2003 | $3.67B | $634M |
| 2002 | $3.57B | $426M |
| 2001 | $4.18B | $585M |
| 2000 | $4.25B | $653M |
| 1999 | $4.46B | $484M |
| 1998 | $4.33B | $489M |
| 1997 | $4.29B | $593M |
| 1996 | $4.36B | $713M |
| 1995 | $4.92B | $668M |
| 1994 | $5.02B | $628M |
| 1993 | $4.69B | $591M |
| 1992 | $4.97B | $514M |
| 1991 | $5.25B | $443M |
| 1990 | $5.23B | $511M |
| 1989 | $7.7B | $430M |
| 1988 | $9.47B | $242M |
| 1987 | $9.48B | $233M |
| 1986 | $9.5B | $365M |
| 1985 | $9.54B | $391M |
| 1984 | $10.3B | $393M |
| 1983 | $13.2B | $402M |
| 1982 | $11.5B | $418M |
| 1981 | $13.4B | $433M |
| 1980 | $12.6B | $387M |
| 1979 | $14.1B | $371M |
| 1978 | $13.6B | $389M |
| 1977 | $12.7B | $350M |
| 1976 | $12B | $301M |
| 1975 | $6.64B | $314M |
| 1974 | $5.23B | $363M |
| 1973 | $5.14B | $439M |
| 1972 | $4.9B | $468M |
| 1971 | $4.77B | $479M |
| 1970 | $4.62B | $470M |
| 1969 | $4.81B | $420M |
| 1968 | $3.94B | $367M |
| 1967 | $3.26B | $367M |
| 1966 | $2.93B | $382M |
| 1965 | $2.83B | $488M |
| 1964 | $2.94B | $524M |
| 1963 | $3.49B | $535M |
| 1962 | $3.43B | $471M |
| 1961 | $3.54B | $437M |
| 1960 | $2.91B | $456M |
| 1959 | $1.94B | $472M |
| 1958 | $3.45B | $436M |
| 1957 | $6.4B | $396M |
| 1956 | $3.61B | $386M |
| 1955 | $3.85B | $385M |
| 1954 | $3.82B | $438M |
| 1953 | $4B | $350M |
| 1952 | $3.07B | $245M |
| 1951 | $3.02B | $159M |
| 1950 | $4.45B | – |
| 1949 | $5.61B | – |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personArgentina: $13,290 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthArgentina: 4.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationArgentina: 41.9% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtArgentina: 80.1% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025