Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma)
Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.08B in Congo - Kinshasa in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $3.75B, or 5.17 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.08B | – |
| 2024 | $899M | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $763M | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $375M | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $334M | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $399M | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $386M | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $331M | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $385M | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $487M | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $572M | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $400M | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $442M | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $395M | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $286M | – |
| 2010 | $249M | – |
| 2009 | $183M | – |
| 2008 | $242M | – |
| 2007 | $338M | – |
| 2006 | $357M | – |
| 2005 | $329M | $716M |
| 2004 | $281M | $708M |
| 2003 | $169M | $634M |
| 2002 | – | $426M |
| 2001 | – | $585M |
| 2000 | $99.6M | $653M |
| 1999 | $134M | $484M |
| 1998 | $36.8M | $489M |
| 1997 | $122M | $593M |
| 1996 | $149M | $713M |
| 1995 | – | $668M |
| 1994 | – | $628M |
| 1993 | $431M | $591M |
| 1992 | $140M | $514M |
| 1991 | $73.5M | $443M |
| 1990 | $79.9M | $511M |
| 1989 | $113M | $430M |
| 1988 | $360M | $242M |
| 1987 | $48.8M | $233M |
| 1986 | $110M | $365M |
| 1985 | $79.6M | $391M |
| 1984 | $94.5M | $393M |
| 1983 | $75.8M | $402M |
| 1982 | $111M | $418M |
| 1981 | $56.5M | $433M |
| 1980 | $104M | $387M |
| 1979 | $118M | $371M |
| 1978 | $129M | $389M |
| 1977 | $148M | $350M |
| 1976 | $173M | $301M |
| 1975 | $283M | $314M |
| 1974 | $397M | $363M |
| 1973 | $278M | $439M |
| 1972 | $295M | $468M |
| 1971 | $370M | $479M |
| 1970 | $394M | $470M |
| 1969 | $301M | $420M |
| 1968 | $223M | $367M |
| 1967 | $215M | $367M |
| 1966 | $239M | $382M |
| 1965 | $279M | $488M |
| 1964 | $171M | $524M |
| 1963 | $124M | $535M |
| 1962 | – | $471M |
| 1961 | – | $437M |
| 1960 | – | $456M |
| 1959 | – | $472M |
| 1958 | – | $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
Congo - Kinshasa vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCongo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthCongo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationCongo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtCongo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personCongo - Kinshasa: 0.06 tonnes in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 0.58 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersCongo - Kinshasa: 19.7% in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 45.5% in 2020
- Access to electricityCongo - Kinshasa: 22.5% in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 80.4% in 2024
- Forest areaCongo - Kinshasa: 61.5% in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 42% in 2024