Egypt vs Myanmar (Burma)
Egypt vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $2.26B in Egypt in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $2.25B, or 1.94 times that in Egypt.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Egypt | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.26B | – |
| 2024 | $2.4B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $2.75B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $3.38B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $3.5B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $3.24B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $3B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $2.89B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $2.94B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $3.49B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $3.7B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $3.49B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $3.2B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $3.22B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $3.31B | – |
| 2010 | $3.41B | – |
| 2009 | $3.41B | – |
| 2008 | $3.52B | – |
| 2007 | $3.78B | – |
| 2006 | $3.75B | – |
| 2005 | $3.66B | $716M |
| 2004 | $3.67B | $708M |
| 2003 | $3.88B | $634M |
| 2002 | $3.8B | $426M |
| 2001 | $3.36B | $585M |
| 2000 | $2.79B | $653M |
| 1999 | $2.61B | $484M |
| 1998 | $2.6B | $489M |
| 1997 | $2.58B | $593M |
| 1996 | $2.52B | $713M |
| 1995 | $2.49B | $668M |
| 1994 | $2.53B | $628M |
| 1993 | $2.41B | $591M |
| 1992 | $2.49B | $514M |
| 1991 | $2.54B | $443M |
| 1990 | $2.52B | $511M |
| 1989 | $2.56B | $430M |
| 1988 | $3.18B | $242M |
| 1987 | $4.03B | $233M |
| 1986 | $4.75B | $365M |
| 1985 | $5.23B | $391M |
| 1984 | $5.22B | $393M |
| 1983 | $4.9B | $402M |
| 1982 | $4.37B | $418M |
| 1981 | $3.95B | $433M |
| 1980 | $3.27B | $387M |
| 1979 | $3.34B | $371M |
| 1978 | $4.43B | $389M |
| 1977 | $5.44B | $350M |
| 1976 | $4.91B | $301M |
| 1975 | $4.74B | $314M |
| 1974 | $5B | $363M |
| 1973 | $3.76B | $439M |
| 1972 | $3.7B | $468M |
| 1971 | $4.48B | $479M |
| 1970 | $3.99B | $470M |
| 1969 | $3.37B | $420M |
| 1968 | $2.54B | $367M |
| 1967 | $1.96B | $367M |
| 1966 | $1.87B | $382M |
| 1965 | $2.18B | $488M |
| 1964 | $2.18B | $524M |
| 1963 | $1.69B | $535M |
| 1962 | $1.18B | $471M |
| 1961 | – | $437M |
| 1960 | – | $456M |
| 1959 | – | $472M |
| 1958 | – | $436M |
| 1957 | – | $396M |
| 1956 | – | $386M |
| 1955 | – | $385M |
| 1954 | – | $438M |
| 1953 | – | $350M |
| 1952 | – | $245M |
| 1951 | – | $159M |
- 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
Egypt vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025