Iran vs Myanmar (Burma)
Iran vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $7.45B in Iran in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by $3.24B, or 1.7 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 1965, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.45B | – |
| 2024 | $7.89B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $8.83B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $8.36B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $7.95B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $6.54B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $6.29B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $7.51B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $8.46B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $7.52B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $6.55B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $6.16B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $6.18B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $7.67B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $7.36B | – |
| 2010 | $8.53B | – |
| 2009 | $8.39B | – |
| 2008 | $8.02B | – |
| 2007 | $8.33B | – |
| 2006 | $9.06B | – |
| 2005 | $7.57B | $716M |
| 2004 | $6.36B | $708M |
| 2003 | $4.92B | $634M |
| 2002 | $4.22B | $426M |
| 2001 | $3.92B | $585M |
| 2000 | $3.52B | $653M |
| 1999 | $3.2B | $484M |
| 1998 | $3.16B | $489M |
| 1997 | $3.16B | $593M |
| 1996 | $2.83B | $713M |
| 1995 | $2.57B | $668M |
| 1994 | $2.62B | $628M |
| 1993 | $2.12B | $591M |
| 1992 | $1.81B | $514M |
| 1991 | $2.09B | $443M |
| 1990 | $2.32B | $511M |
| 1989 | $2.61B | $430M |
| 1988 | $3.53B | $242M |
| 1987 | $3.81B | $233M |
| 1986 | $4.16B | $365M |
| 1985 | $5.19B | $391M |
| 1984 | $4.97B | $393M |
| 1983 | $5.7B | $402M |
| 1982 | $6.08B | $418M |
| 1981 | $5.66B | $433M |
| 1980 | $3.8B | $387M |
| 1979 | $4.69B | $371M |
| 1978 | $8.42B | $389M |
| 1977 | $8.85B | $350M |
| 1976 | $10.6B | $301M |
| 1975 | $9.37B | $314M |
| 1974 | $6.89B | $363M |
| 1973 | $994M | $439M |
| 1972 | $929M | $468M |
| 1971 | $1.07B | $479M |
| 1970 | $1.72B | $470M |
| 1969 | $1.59B | $420M |
| 1968 | $1.28B | $367M |
| 1967 | $972M | $367M |
| 1966 | $764M | $382M |
| 1965 | $594M | $488M |
| 1964 | $472M | $524M |
| 1963 | $406M | $535M |
| 1962 | $348M | $471M |
| 1961 | $338M | $437M |
| 1960 | $324M | $456M |
| 1959 | – | $472M |
| 1958 | – | $436M |
| 1957 | – | $396M |
| 1956 | – | $386M |
| 1955 | – | $385M |
| 1954 | – | $438M |
| 1953 | – | $350M |
| 1952 | – | $245M |
| 1951 | – | $159M |
- 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
Iran vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025