Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending
Military spending: 1.45% of GDP in Cambodia in 2025 and 6.61% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 5.08 percentage points, or 4.34 times that in Cambodia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Cambodia.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.45 | – |
| 2024 | 1.52 | 6.61 |
| 2023 | 1.55 | 3.73 |
| 2022 | 1.54 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 4.41 |
| 2020 | 1.78 | 3.28 |
| 2019 | 1.62 | 2.05 |
| 2018 | 1.64 | 2.18 |
| 2017 | 1.56 | 3.36 |
| 2016 | 1.44 | 3.81 |
| 2015 | 1.35 | 4.08 |
| 2014 | 1.26 | 3.58 |
| 2013 | 1.23 | 3.89 |
| 2012 | 1.22 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | – |
| 2010 | 1.22 | – |
| 2009 | 1.09 | – |
| 2008 | 0.68 | – |
| 2007 | 0.78 | – |
| 2006 | 0.91 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | 1.58 |
| 2004 | 1.18 | 1.81 |
| 2003 | 1.34 | 1.96 |
| 2002 | 1.45 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 1.71 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 2.19 | 2.18 |
| 1999 | 2.51 | 2.02 |
| 1998 | 2.66 | 2.4 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2.31 |
| 1996 | 3.24 | 3.49 |
| 1995 | 3.58 | 3.69 |
| 1994 | 3.84 | 3.54 |
| 1993 | 1.76 | 3.52 |
| 1992 | 3.15 | 3.36 |
| 1991 | 2.33 | 3.17 |
| 1990 | 2.07 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 1.99 | 2.96 |
| 1988 | 1.28 | 2.14 |
| 1987 | 1.57 | 1.97 |
| 1986 | 1.15 | 2.88 |
| 1985 | – | 2.98 |
| 1984 | – | 2.92 |
| 1983 | – | 3.07 |
| 1982 | – | 3.22 |
| 1981 | – | 3.46 |
| 1980 | – | 3.42 |
| 1979 | – | 3.56 |
| 1978 | – | 3.92 |
| 1977 | – | 4.04 |
| 1976 | – | 3.79 |
| 1975 | – | 3.78 |
| 1974 | – | 4.02 |
| 1973 | – | 5.11 |
| 1972 | – | 5.45 |
| 1971 | – | 5.65 |
| 1970 | – | 5.6 |
| 1969 | – | 5.31 |
| 1968 | – | 5.02 |
| 1967 | – | 5.2 |
| 1966 | – | 6.13 |
| 1965 | – | 6.7 |
| 1964 | – | 6.02 |
| 1963 | – | 6.85 |
| 1962 | – | 5.69 |
| 1961 | – | 6.12 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCambodia: $2,273 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthCambodia: 5.3% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationCambodia: 2.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtCambodia: 25.5% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025