Australia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Australia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $1,316 in Australia in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by $1,196, or 14 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,316 | – |
| 2024 | $1,288 | $92 |
| 2023 | $1,231 | $46 |
| 2022 | $1,244 | $46 |
| 2021 | $1,267 | $50 |
| 2020 | $1,064 | $47 |
| 2019 | $1,030 | $29 |
| 2018 | $1,077 | $29 |
| 2017 | $1,129 | $43 |
| 2016 | $1,093 | $48 |
| 2015 | $1,012 | $50 |
| 2014 | $1,101 | $47 |
| 2013 | $1,077 | $47 |
| 2012 | $1,157 | $60 |
| 2011 | $1,192 | – |
| 2010 | $1,056 | – |
| 2009 | $878 | – |
| 2008 | $881 | – |
| 2007 | $828 | – |
| 2006 | $697 | – |
| 2005 | $657 | $697 |
| 2004 | $602 | $637 |
| 2003 | $504 | $521 |
| 2002 | $408 | $239 |
| 2001 | $366 | $208 |
| 2000 | $383 | $201 |
| 1999 | $413 | $156 |
| 1998 | $382 | $134 |
| 1997 | $431 | $110 |
| 1996 | $451 | $109 |
| 1995 | $426 | $93 |
| 1994 | $419 | $67 |
| 1993 | $382 | $50 |
| 1992 | $394 | $34 |
| 1991 | $407 | $24 |
| 1990 | $394 | $21 |
| 1989 | $377 | $14 |
| 1988 | $355 | $7 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B 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