Australia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Australia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $35.3B in Australia in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by $29.6B, or 7.36 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1951.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $35.3B | – |
| 2024 | $34.2B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $33.2B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $33.6B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $33.4B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $31.3B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $29.8B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $29B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $29.7B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $29.8B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $27.2B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $24.7B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $22.7B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $22.9B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $23.8B | – |
| 2010 | $24.1B | – |
| 2009 | $23.8B | – |
| 2008 | $22.2B | – |
| 2007 | $21.4B | – |
| 2006 | $20.1B | – |
| 2005 | $19.1B | $716M |
| 2004 | $18.5B | $708M |
| 2003 | $17.7B | $634M |
| 2002 | $17.4B | $426M |
| 2001 | $16.7B | $585M |
| 2000 | $16.1B | $653M |
| 1999 | $16.1B | $484M |
| 1998 | $15.4B | $489M |
| 1997 | $14.6B | $593M |
| 1996 | $14.4B | $713M |
| 1995 | $14.6B | $668M |
| 1994 | $15B | $628M |
| 1993 | $14.9B | $591M |
| 1992 | $14.3B | $514M |
| 1991 | $13.9B | $443M |
| 1990 | $13.7B | $511M |
| 1989 | $13.6B | $430M |
| 1988 | $13.7B | $242M |
| 1987 | $14.2B | $233M |
| 1986 | $14.7B | $365M |
| 1985 | $14.7B | $391M |
| 1984 | $14B | $393M |
| 1983 | $13B | $402M |
| 1982 | $12.5B | $418M |
| 1981 | $11.9B | $433M |
| 1980 | $11.2B | $387M |
| 1979 | $10.6B | $371M |
| 1978 | $10.3B | $389M |
| 1977 | $10.2B | $350M |
| 1976 | $10.1B | $301M |
| 1975 | $9.95B | $314M |
| 1974 | $9.8B | $363M |
| 1973 | $9.93B | $439M |
| 1972 | $10.4B | $468M |
| 1971 | $10.4B | $479M |
| 1970 | $10.7B | $470M |
| 1969 | $11.4B | $420M |
| 1968 | $11.8B | $367M |
| 1967 | $11B | $367M |
| 1966 | $9.33B | $382M |
| 1965 | $7.67B | $488M |
| 1964 | $6.64B | $524M |
| 1963 | $5.73B | $535M |
| 1962 | $5.1B | $471M |
| 1961 | $4.89B | $437M |
| 1960 | $4.9B | $456M |
| 1959 | $4.98B | $472M |
| 1958 | $4.95B | $436M |
| 1957 | $5B | $396M |
| 1956 | $5.2B | $386M |
| 1955 | $5.37B | $385M |
| 1954 | $5.29B | $438M |
| 1953 | $5.9B | $350M |
| 1952 | $5.86B | $245M |
| 1951 | $4.59B | $159M |
| 1950 | $3.19B | – |
- Estimate
- 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
Australia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personAustralia: $61,370 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthAustralia: 2% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationAustralia: 2.8% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtAustralia: 51.9% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025