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Italy vs Myanmar (Burma)
How Italy and Myanmar (Burma) compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Italy was higher: 83.7 years against 66.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Italy was higher: $34,720 against $1,128
- Population · In 2023, Italy was higher: 59.5 million people against 54.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2024, Myanmar (Burma) was higher: 6.61% of GDP against 1.59% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Italy was higher: 5.08 tonnes against 0.58 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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