Indonesia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Indonesia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending
Military spending: 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia in 2025 and 6.61% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 5.74 percentage points, or 7.68 times that in Indonesia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.05 | – |
| 2024 | 0.86 | 6.61 |
| 2023 | 0.82 | 3.73 |
| 2022 | 0.77 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 0.74 | 4.41 |
| 2020 | 0.89 | 3.28 |
| 2019 | 0.73 | 2.05 |
| 2018 | 0.72 | 2.18 |
| 2017 | 0.87 | 3.36 |
| 2016 | 0.79 | 3.81 |
| 2015 | 0.88 | 4.08 |
| 2014 | 0.78 | 3.58 |
| 2013 | 0.92 | 3.89 |
| 2012 | 0.71 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 0.65 | – |
| 2010 | 0.62 | – |
| 2009 | 0.57 | – |
| 2008 | 0.58 | – |
| 2007 | 0.71 | – |
| 2006 | 0.66 | – |
| 2005 | 0.75 | 1.58 |
| 2004 | 0.95 | 1.81 |
| 2003 | 0.91 | 1.96 |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 0.57 | 1.84 |
| 2000 | 0.68 | 2.18 |
| 1999 | 0.81 | 2.02 |
| 1998 | 1.02 | 2.4 |
| 1997 | 1.5 | 2.31 |
| 1996 | 1.26 | 3.49 |
| 1995 | 1.23 | 3.69 |
| 1994 | 1.27 | 3.54 |
| 1993 | 1.22 | 3.52 |
| 1992 | 1.36 | 3.36 |
| 1991 | 1.32 | 3.17 |
| 1990 | 1.41 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 1.39 | 2.96 |
| 1988 | 1.53 | 2.14 |
| 1987 | 1.72 | 1.97 |
| 1986 | 2.01 | 2.88 |
| 1985 | 2.17 | 2.98 |
| 1984 | 2.29 | 2.92 |
| 1983 | 2.4 | 3.07 |
| 1982 | 2.9 | 3.22 |
| 1981 | 2.89 | 3.46 |
| 1980 | 2.92 | 3.42 |
| 1979 | 3.02 | 3.56 |
| 1978 | 3.16 | 3.92 |
| 1977 | 3.21 | 4.04 |
| 1976 | 3.42 | 3.79 |
| 1975 | 3.49 | 3.78 |
| 1974 | 2.71 | 4.02 |
| 1973 | – | 5.11 |
| 1972 | – | 5.45 |
| 1971 | – | 5.65 |
| 1970 | – | 5.6 |
| 1969 | – | 5.31 |
| 1968 | – | 5.02 |
| 1967 | – | 5.2 |
| 1966 | – | 6.13 |
| 1965 | – | 6.7 |
| 1964 | – | 6.02 |
| 1963 | – | 6.85 |
| 1962 | – | 5.69 |
| 1961 | – | 6.12 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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
Indonesia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personIndonesia: $4,555 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthIndonesia: 5.1% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationIndonesia: 1.9% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtIndonesia: 40.9% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025