Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $13.7B in Colombia in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by $9.23B, or 2.98 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1961, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.7B | – |
| 2024 | $13.9B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $12.2B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $12B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $12.3B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $11.4B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $10.6B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $10.8B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $10.1B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $10.3B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $10.2B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $10.3B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $9.5B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $8.87B | – |
| 2010 | $9.53B | – |
| 2009 | $9.61B | – |
| 2008 | $9.14B | – |
| 2007 | $7.74B | – |
| 2006 | $7.29B | – |
| 2005 | $6.9B | $716M |
| 2004 | $6.77B | $708M |
| 2003 | $6.35B | $634M |
| 2002 | $6.04B | $426M |
| 2001 | $5.75B | $585M |
| 2000 | $5.23B | $653M |
| 1999 | $5.16B | $484M |
| 1998 | $4.84B | $489M |
| 1997 | $4.06B | $593M |
| 1996 | $6.31B | $713M |
| 1995 | $4.07B | $668M |
| 1994 | $3.49B | $628M |
| 1993 | $3.34B | $591M |
| 1992 | $2.59B | $514M |
| 1991 | $2.27B | $443M |
| 1990 | $2.29B | $511M |
| 1989 | $2.19B | $430M |
| 1988 | $2.15B | $242M |
| 1987 | $1.87B | $233M |
| 1986 | $1.74B | $365M |
| 1985 | $1.6B | $391M |
| 1984 | $1.74B | $393M |
| 1983 | $1.53B | $402M |
| 1982 | $1.16B | $418M |
| 1981 | $1.17B | $433M |
| 1980 | $1.24B | $387M |
| 1979 | $1.08B | $371M |
| 1978 | $952M | $389M |
| 1977 | $816M | $350M |
| 1976 | $843M | $301M |
| 1975 | $897M | $314M |
| 1974 | $797M | $363M |
| 1973 | $803M | $439M |
| 1972 | $883M | $468M |
| 1971 | $1.42B | $479M |
| 1970 | $900M | $470M |
| 1969 | $731M | $420M |
| 1968 | $789M | $367M |
| 1967 | $955M | $367M |
| 1966 | $931M | $382M |
| 1965 | $905M | $488M |
| 1964 | $858M | $524M |
| 1963 | $899M | $535M |
| 1962 | $787M | $471M |
| 1961 | $507M | $437M |
| 1960 | $424M | $456M |
| 1959 | $386M | $472M |
| 1958 | $469M | $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
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 per personColombia: $273 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending 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