Egypt vs Myanmar (Burma): National power

National power in 2022: 1.18% of world capability in Egypt and 0.53% of world capability in Myanmar (Burma), by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.65 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

EgyptMyanmar (Burma)

What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1948.
In 2022, Egypt ranked 16 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 35 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Egypt	Myanmar (Burma)
2022	1.18	0.53
2021	1.21	0.55
2020	1.18	0.59
2019	1.16	0.59
2018	1.16	0.6
2017	1.15	0.6
2016	1	0.55
2015	1.01	0.55
2014	1	0.54
2013	1	0.54
2012	0.99	0.56
2011	1.01	0.56
2010	1.01	0.55
2009	1.02	0.65
2008	1.03	0.65
2007	1.05	0.62
2006	1.05	0.63
2005	1.04	0.66
2004	1.01	0.66
2003	1	0.7
2002	1.01	0.67
2001	0.98	0.53
2000	0.96	0.5
1999	0.92	0.52
1998	0.93	0.51
1997	0.89	0.51
1996	0.89	0.5
1995	0.88	0.5
1994	0.88	0.5
1993	0.87	0.51
1992	0.88	0.43
1991	0.85	0.43
1990	0.8	0.38
1989	0.86	0.35
1988	0.87	0.34
1987	0.84	0.34
1986	0.82	0.34
1985	0.8	0.35
1984	0.8	0.34
1983	0.79	0.32
1982	0.76	0.36
1981	0.76	0.36
1980	0.75	0.34
1979	0.76	0.35
1978	0.82	0.35
1977	0.82	0.35
1976	0.85	0.34
1975	0.87	0.34
1974	0.89	0.33
1973	0.87	0.34
1972	0.81	0.32
1971	0.75	0.31
1970	0.69	0.31
1969	0.67	0.3
1968	0.64	0.27
1967	0.65	0.28
1966	0.65	0.28
1965	0.66	0.29
1964	0.6	0.28
1963	0.57	0.26
1962	0.64	0.26
1961	0.64	0.26
1960	0.63	0.25
1959	0.63	0.25
1958	0.53	0.24
1957	0.52	0.23
1956	0.52	0.22
1955	0.52	0.21
1954	0.52	0.21
1953	0.51	0.21
1952	0.51	0.21
1951	0.54	0.21
1950	0.55	0.22
1949	0.56	0.22
1948	0.54	0.23
1947	0.53	–
1946	0.58	–
1945	0.53	–
1944	0.54	–
1943	0.54	–
1942	0.52	–
1941	0.51	–
1940	0.43	–
1939	0.41	–
1938	0.43	–
1937	0.41	–
1882	0.41	–
1881	0.48	–
1880	0.49	–
1879	0.55	–
1878	0.57	–
1877	0.61	–
1876	0.62	–
1875	0.53	–
1874	0.53	–
1873	0.53	–
1872	0.64	–
1871	0.51	–
1870	0.54	–
1869	0.79	–
1868	0.64	–
1867	0.63	–
1866	0.64	–
1865	0.62	–
1864	0.63	–
1863	0.65	–
1862	0.66	–
1861	0.64	–
1860	0.66	–
1859	0.88	–
1858	0.89	–
1857	0.88	–
1856	0.9	–
1855	0.91	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsEgypt: 157 deaths in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022