Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 9.3% of government spending in Colombia in 2025 and 32% of government spending in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 22.4 percentage points, or 3.34 times that in Colombia.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Colombia.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.3 | – |
| 2024 | 9.6 | 32 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 17.4 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 17.9 |
| 2021 | 9.3 | 21.1 |
| 2020 | 10.5 | 13.8 |
| 2019 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 11.2 |
| 2017 | 10.9 | 17.5 |
| 2016 | 10.2 | 17.5 |
| 2015 | 9.9 | 17.8 |
| 2014 | 9.9 | 15.9 |
| 2013 | 10.9 | 17.9 |
| 2012 | 10.9 | 21.5 |
| 2011 | 10.2 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | – |
| 2009 | 12.6 | – |
| 2008 | 13.2 | – |
| 2007 | 11.7 | – |
| 2006 | 11.6 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | 11.9 |
| 2004 | 13.1 | 13.7 |
| 2003 | 12.5 | 15 |
| 2002 | 12.3 | 10.1 |
| 2001 | 12.2 | 10.6 |
| 2000 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| 1999 | 11.1 | 9.8 |
| 1998 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 1997 | 9 | – |
| 1996 | 14.8 | – |
| 1995 | 10.7 | – |
| 1994 | 10.2 | – |
| 1993 | 10.8 | – |
| 1992 | 9.7 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | – |
| 1990 | 9.1 | – |
| 1989 | 8.9 | – |
| 1988 | 10.9 | – |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personColombia: $6,976 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthColombia: 2.6% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationColombia: 5.1% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtColombia: 59.9% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025