Indonesia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Indonesia vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $53 in Indonesia in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $50, or 2.17 times that in Indonesia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Indonesia.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $53 | – |
| 2024 | $43 | $92 |
| 2023 | $40 | $46 |
| 2022 | $36 | $46 |
| 2021 | $32 | $50 |
| 2020 | $34 | $47 |
| 2019 | $30 | $29 |
| 2018 | $28 | $29 |
| 2017 | $33 | $43 |
| 2016 | $28 | $48 |
| 2015 | $29 | $50 |
| 2014 | $27 | $47 |
| 2013 | $33 | $47 |
| 2012 | $26 | $60 |
| 2011 | $24 | – |
| 2010 | $19 | – |
| 2009 | $14 | – |
| 2008 | $14 | – |
| 2007 | $14 | – |
| 2006 | $11 | – |
| 2005 | $9 | $697 |
| 2004 | $11 | $637 |
| 2003 | $10 | $521 |
| 2002 | $6 | $239 |
| 2001 | $4 | $208 |
| 2000 | $5 | $201 |
| 1999 | $5 | $156 |
| 1998 | $5 | $134 |
| 1997 | $16 | $110 |
| 1996 | $14 | $109 |
| 1995 | $13 | $93 |
| 1994 | $11 | $67 |
| 1993 | $10 | $50 |
| 1992 | $10 | $34 |
| 1991 | $9 | $24 |
| 1990 | $9 | $21 |
| 1989 | $8 | $14 |
| 1988 | $8 | $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
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 spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B 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