Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $939 in Canada in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by $682, or 8.39 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | – |
| 2024 | $774 | $92 |
| 2023 | $739 | $46 |
| 2022 | $651 | $46 |
| 2021 | $644 | $50 |
| 2020 | $617 | $47 |
| 2019 | $567 | $29 |
| 2018 | $583 | $29 |
| 2017 | $584 | $43 |
| 2016 | $483 | $48 |
| 2015 | $509 | $50 |
| 2014 | $555 | $47 |
| 2013 | $527 | $47 |
| 2012 | $589 | $60 |
| 2011 | $622 | – |
| 2010 | $568 | – |
| 2009 | $563 | – |
| 2008 | $582 | – |
| 2007 | $529 | – |
| 2006 | $454 | – |
| 2005 | $402 | $697 |
| 2004 | $355 | $637 |
| 2003 | $314 | $521 |
| 2002 | $271 | $239 |
| 2001 | $270 | $208 |
| 2000 | $270 | $201 |
| 1999 | $270 | $156 |
| 1998 | $257 | $134 |
| 1997 | $266 | $110 |
| 1996 | $291 | $109 |
| 1995 | $313 | $93 |
| 1994 | $330 | $67 |
| 1993 | $358 | $50 |
| 1992 | $381 | $34 |
| 1991 | $405 | $24 |
| 1990 | $414 | $21 |
| 1989 | $396 | $14 |
| 1988 | $370 | $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
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025