Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
Japan vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $59.5B in Japan in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by $49.6B, or 12 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1952.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $59.5B | – |
| 2024 | $54.3B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $45.9B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $39.8B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $42.3B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $39.3B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $39.7B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $38.6B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $36.7B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $37B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $37.2B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $36.6B | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $36.2B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $36.3B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $36.8B | – |
| 2010 | $36.3B | – |
| 2009 | $36.1B | – |
| 2008 | $35.5B | – |
| 2007 | $35.8B | – |
| 2006 | $36.3B | – |
| 2005 | $36.8B | $716M |
| 2004 | $36.8B | $708M |
| 2003 | $37B | $634M |
| 2002 | $36.9B | $426M |
| 2001 | $36.7B | $585M |
| 2000 | $36.1B | $653M |
| 1999 | $35.9B | $484M |
| 1998 | $36.1B | $489M |
| 1997 | $36.1B | $593M |
| 1996 | $35.8B | $713M |
| 1995 | $35.1B | $668M |
| 1994 | $34.6B | $628M |
| 1993 | $34.6B | $591M |
| 1992 | $34.7B | $514M |
| 1991 | $34.2B | $443M |
| 1990 | $33.4B | $511M |
| 1989 | $31.8B | $430M |
| 1988 | $30.5B | $242M |
| 1987 | $29B | $233M |
| 1986 | $27.9B | $365M |
| 1985 | $26.7B | $391M |
| 1984 | $25.3B | $393M |
| 1983 | $24.2B | $402M |
| 1982 | $23.1B | $418M |
| 1981 | $22.3B | $433M |
| 1980 | $21.6B | $387M |
| 1979 | $21.2B | $371M |
| 1978 | $20B | $389M |
| 1977 | $18.9B | $350M |
| 1976 | $18.3B | $301M |
| 1975 | $18.2B | $314M |
| 1974 | $17.5B | $363M |
| 1973 | $17B | $439M |
| 1972 | $16.2B | $468M |
| 1971 | $14.5B | $479M |
| 1970 | $13.1B | $470M |
| 1969 | $12B | $420M |
| 1968 | $11B | $367M |
| 1967 | $10.3B | $367M |
| 1966 | $9.64B | $382M |
| 1965 | $8.92B | $488M |
| 1964 | $8.31B | $524M |
| 1963 | $7.57B | $535M |
| 1962 | $6.97B | $471M |
| 1961 | $6.81B | $437M |
| 1960 | $7B | $456M |
| 1959 | $6.99B | $472M |
| 1958 | $7B | $436M |
| 1957 | $6.85B | $396M |
| 1956 | $7.16B | $386M |
| 1955 | $7.66B | $385M |
| 1954 | $7.38B | $438M |
| 1953 | $6.55B | $350M |
| 1952 | $6.3B | $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
Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025