Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $4 in Ethiopia in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $87, or 17 times that in Ethiopia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Ethiopia.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Ethiopia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4 | – |
| 2024 | $5 | $92 |
| 2023 | $10 | $46 |
| 2022 | $8 | $46 |
| 2021 | $4 | $50 |
| 2020 | $4 | $47 |
| 2019 | $5 | $29 |
| 2018 | $5 | $29 |
| 2017 | $5 | $43 |
| 2016 | $5 | $48 |
| 2015 | $4 | $50 |
| 2014 | $4 | $47 |
| 2013 | $4 | $47 |
| 2012 | $4 | $60 |
| 2011 | $4 | – |
| 2010 | $3 | – |
| 2009 | $4 | – |
| 2008 | $5 | – |
| 2007 | $4 | – |
| 2006 | $4 | – |
| 2005 | $4 | $697 |
| 2004 | $4 | $637 |
| 2003 | $4 | $521 |
| 2002 | $4 | $239 |
| 2001 | $5 | $208 |
| 2000 | $9 | $201 |
| 1999 | $11 | $156 |
| 1998 | $7 | $134 |
| 1997 | $4 | $110 |
| 1996 | $2 | $109 |
| 1995 | $2 | $93 |
| 1994 | $3 | $67 |
| 1993 | $3 | $50 |
| 1992 | $5 | $34 |
| 1991 | $11 | $24 |
| 1990 | $17 | $21 |
| 1989 | $17 | $14 |
| 1988 | $14 | $7 |
- Estimate
- 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
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 in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B 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