Germany vs Myanmar (Burma)
Germany vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $1,346 in Germany in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by $925, or 11 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Germany | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,346 | – |
| 2024 | $1,017 | $92 |
| 2023 | $813 | $46 |
| 2022 | $670 | $46 |
| 2021 | $676 | $50 |
| 2020 | $639 | $47 |
| 2019 | $588 | $29 |
| 2018 | $559 | $29 |
| 2017 | $513 | $43 |
| 2016 | $484 | $48 |
| 2015 | $468 | $50 |
| 2014 | $551 | $47 |
| 2013 | $547 | $47 |
| 2012 | $541 | $60 |
| 2011 | $560 | – |
| 2010 | $533 | – |
| 2009 | $552 | – |
| 2008 | $558 | – |
| 2007 | $494 | – |
| 2006 | $438 | – |
| 2005 | $435 | $697 |
| 2004 | $435 | $637 |
| 2003 | $401 | $521 |
| 2002 | $337 | $239 |
| 2001 | $314 | $208 |
| 2000 | $323 | $201 |
| 1999 | $375 | $156 |
| 1998 | $377 | $134 |
| 1997 | $378 | $110 |
| 1996 | $445 | $109 |
| 1995 | $471 | $93 |
| 1994 | $417 | $67 |
| 1993 | $429 | $50 |
| 1992 | $488 | $34 |
| 1991 | $463 | $24 |
| 1990 | – | $21 |
| 1989 | – | $14 |
| 1988 | – | $7 |
- 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
Germany vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025