Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Colombia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $273 in Colombia in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by $172, or 2.86 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $273 | – |
| 2024 | $264 | $92 |
| 2023 | $207 | $46 |
| 2022 | $188 | $46 |
| 2021 | $200 | $50 |
| 2020 | $190 | $47 |
| 2019 | $206 | $29 |
| 2018 | $209 | $29 |
| 2017 | $210 | $43 |
| 2016 | $184 | $48 |
| 2015 | $195 | $50 |
| 2014 | $256 | $47 |
| 2013 | $272 | $47 |
| 2012 | $257 | $60 |
| 2011 | $229 | – |
| 2010 | $234 | – |
| 2009 | $205 | – |
| 2008 | $208 | – |
| 2007 | $158 | – |
| 2006 | $126 | – |
| 2005 | $117 | $697 |
| 2004 | $98 | $637 |
| 2003 | $81 | $521 |
| 2002 | $84 | $239 |
| 2001 | $83 | $208 |
| 2000 | $78 | $201 |
| 1999 | $85 | $156 |
| 1998 | $91 | $134 |
| 1997 | $81 | $110 |
| 1996 | $120 | $109 |
| 1995 | $74 | $93 |
| 1994 | $58 | $67 |
| 1993 | $45 | $50 |
| 1992 | $33 | $34 |
| 1991 | $28 | $24 |
| 1990 | $28 | $21 |
| 1989 | $28 | $14 |
| 1988 | $28 | $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
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 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