Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma)
Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $3.67B in Bangladesh in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $905M, or 1.24 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bangladesh.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | – |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $2.72B | – |
| 2010 | $2.57B | – |
| 2009 | $2.13B | – |
| 2008 | $1.83B | – |
| 2007 | $1.85B | – |
| 2006 | $1.76B | – |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $716M |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $708M |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $634M |
| 2002 | $1.57B | $426M |
| 2001 | $1.62B | $585M |
| 2000 | $1.62B | $653M |
| 1999 | $1.56B | $484M |
| 1998 | $1.5B | $489M |
| 1997 | $1.48B | $593M |
| 1996 | $1.39B | $713M |
| 1995 | $1.33B | $668M |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $628M |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $591M |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $514M |
| 1991 | $923M | $443M |
| 1990 | $906M | $511M |
| 1989 | $912M | $430M |
| 1988 | $833M | $242M |
| 1987 | $758M | $233M |
| 1986 | $706M | $365M |
| 1985 | $648M | $391M |
| 1984 | $704M | $393M |
| 1983 | $716M | $402M |
| 1982 | $561M | $418M |
| 1981 | $486M | $433M |
| 1980 | $459M | $387M |
| 1979 | $437M | $371M |
| 1978 | $460M | $389M |
| 1977 | $515M | $350M |
| 1976 | $427M | $301M |
| 1975 | $242M | $314M |
| 1974 | $235M | $363M |
| 1973 | $208M | $439M |
| 1972 | – | $468M |
| 1971 | – | $479M |
| 1970 | – | $470M |
| 1969 | – | $420M |
| 1968 | – | $367M |
| 1967 | – | $367M |
| 1966 | – | $382M |
| 1965 | – | $488M |
| 1964 | – | $524M |
| 1963 | – | $535M |
| 1962 | – | $471M |
| 1961 | – | $437M |
| 1960 | – | $456M |
| 1959 | – | $472M |
| 1958 | – | $436M |
| 1957 | – | $396M |
| 1956 | – | $386M |
| 1955 | – | $385M |
| 1954 | – | $438M |
| 1953 | – | $350M |
| 1952 | – | $245M |
| 1951 | – | $159M |
- 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
Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025