Ireland vs Myanmar (Burma)
Ireland vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.46B in Ireland in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $3.32B, or 3.49 times that in Ireland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Ireland.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B | – |
| 2024 | $1.33B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $1.36B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $1.28B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $1.22B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $1.2B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $1.19B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $1.18B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $1.19B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $1.26B | – |
| 2010 | $1.33B | – |
| 2009 | $1.39B | – |
| 2008 | $1.41B | – |
| 2007 | $1.36B | – |
| 2006 | $1.35B | – |
| 2005 | $1.36B | $716M |
| 2004 | $1.34B | $708M |
| 2003 | $1.32B | $634M |
| 2002 | $1.38B | $426M |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $585M |
| 2000 | $1.33B | $653M |
| 1999 | $1.29B | $484M |
| 1998 | $1.25B | $489M |
| 1997 | $1.24B | $593M |
| 1996 | $1.17B | $713M |
| 1995 | $1.11B | $668M |
| 1994 | $1.1B | $628M |
| 1993 | $1.08B | $591M |
| 1992 | $1.07B | $514M |
| 1991 | $1.08B | $443M |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $511M |
| 1989 | $908M | $430M |
| 1988 | $918M | $242M |
| 1987 | $923M | $233M |
| 1986 | $988M | $365M |
| 1985 | $962M | $391M |
| 1984 | $933M | $393M |
| 1983 | $964M | $402M |
| 1982 | $1.03B | $418M |
| 1981 | $1.02B | $433M |
| 1980 | $1.06B | $387M |
| 1979 | $1.01B | $371M |
| 1978 | $913M | $389M |
| 1977 | $853M | $350M |
| 1976 | $838M | $301M |
| 1975 | $811M | $314M |
| 1974 | $668M | $363M |
| 1973 | $659M | $439M |
| 1972 | $616M | $468M |
| 1971 | $519M | $479M |
| 1970 | $460M | $470M |
| 1969 | $407M | $420M |
| 1968 | $390M | $367M |
| 1967 | $379M | $367M |
| 1966 | $372M | $382M |
| 1965 | $391M | $488M |
| 1964 | $379M | $524M |
| 1963 | $339M | $535M |
| 1962 | $335M | $471M |
| 1961 | $330M | $437M |
| 1960 | $318M | $456M |
| 1959 | $299M | $472M |
| 1958 | $285M | $436M |
| 1957 | – | $396M |
| 1956 | – | $386M |
| 1955 | – | $385M |
| 1954 | – | $438M |
| 1953 | – | $350M |
| 1952 | – | $245M |
| 1951 | – | $159M |
- Estimate
- 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
Ireland vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025