Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $785M in Ethiopia in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $3.95B, or 6.64 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Ethiopia.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $785M | – |
| 2024 | $700M | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $982M | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $1.01B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $492M | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $510M | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $585M | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $628M | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $636M | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $610M | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $531M | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $515M | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $497M | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $496M | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $515M | – |
| 2010 | $528M | – |
| 2009 | $544M | – |
| 2008 | $553M | – |
| 2007 | $693M | – |
| 2006 | $751M | – |
| 2005 | $832M | $716M |
| 2004 | $829M | $708M |
| 2003 | $764M | $634M |
| 2002 | $897M | $426M |
| 2001 | $1.08B | $585M |
| 2000 | $1.7B | $653M |
| 1999 | $1.88B | $484M |
| 1998 | $1.19B | $489M |
| 1997 | $555M | $593M |
| 1996 | $302M | $713M |
| 1995 | $259M | $668M |
| 1994 | $307M | $628M |
| 1993 | $334M | $591M |
| 1992 | $302M | $514M |
| 1991 | $510M | $443M |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $511M |
| 1989 | $1.08B | $430M |
| 1988 | $912M | $242M |
| 1987 | $757M | $233M |
| 1986 | $681M | $365M |
| 1985 | $600M | $391M |
| 1984 | $704M | $393M |
| 1983 | $737M | $402M |
| 1982 | $694M | $418M |
| 1981 | $697M | $433M |
| 1980 | $724M | $387M |
| 1979 | $582M | $371M |
| 1978 | $435M | $389M |
| 1977 | $377M | $350M |
| 1976 | $417M | $301M |
| 1975 | $524M | $314M |
| 1974 | $334M | $363M |
| 1973 | $238M | $439M |
| 1972 | $241M | $468M |
| 1971 | $216M | $479M |
| 1970 | $208M | $470M |
| 1969 | $228M | $420M |
| 1968 | $233M | $367M |
| 1967 | $249M | $367M |
| 1966 | $295M | $382M |
| 1965 | $287M | $488M |
| 1964 | – | $524M |
| 1963 | – | $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
Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personEthiopia: $945 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthEthiopia: 8.1% a year in 2024Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationEthiopia: 26.6% a year in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtEthiopia: 33.5% of GDP in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelEthiopia: 138,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025