Belgium vs Myanmar (Burma)
Belgium vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $1,237 in Belgium in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by $638, or 7.92 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,237 | – |
| 2024 | $731 | $92 |
| 2023 | $653 | $46 |
| 2022 | $595 | $46 |
| 2021 | $540 | $50 |
| 2020 | $462 | $47 |
| 2019 | $416 | $29 |
| 2018 | $425 | $29 |
| 2017 | $391 | $43 |
| 2016 | $377 | $48 |
| 2015 | $374 | $50 |
| 2014 | $465 | $47 |
| 2013 | $473 | $47 |
| 2012 | $467 | $60 |
| 2011 | $501 | – |
| 2010 | $483 | – |
| 2009 | $525 | – |
| 2008 | $593 | – |
| 2007 | $489 | – |
| 2006 | $410 | – |
| 2005 | $405 | $697 |
| 2004 | $411 | $637 |
| 2003 | $375 | $521 |
| 2002 | $307 | $239 |
| 2001 | $296 | $208 |
| 2000 | $312 | $201 |
| 1999 | $352 | $156 |
| 1998 | $360 | $134 |
| 1997 | $362 | $110 |
| 1996 | $418 | $109 |
| 1995 | $439 | $93 |
| 1994 | $391 | $67 |
| 1993 | $372 | $50 |
| 1992 | $412 | $34 |
| 1991 | $464 | $24 |
| 1990 | $467 | $21 |
| 1989 | $391 | $14 |
| 1988 | $414 | $7 |
- 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
Belgium vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025