Japan vs Myanmar (Burma)
Japan vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $504 in Japan in 2025 and $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Japan, by $345, or 4.74 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Japan | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $504 | – |
| 2024 | $437 | $92 |
| 2023 | $386 | $46 |
| 2022 | $344 | $46 |
| 2021 | $425 | $50 |
| 2020 | $406 | $47 |
| 2019 | $400 | $29 |
| 2018 | $382 | $29 |
| 2017 | $354 | $43 |
| 2016 | $366 | $48 |
| 2015 | $331 | $50 |
| 2014 | $368 | $47 |
| 2013 | $384 | $47 |
| 2012 | $469 | $60 |
| 2011 | $474 | – |
| 2010 | $426 | – |
| 2009 | $402 | – |
| 2008 | $362 | – |
| 2007 | $317 | – |
| 2006 | $325 | – |
| 2005 | $346 | $697 |
| 2004 | $355 | $637 |
| 2003 | $333 | $521 |
| 2002 | $309 | $239 |
| 2001 | $321 | $208 |
| 2000 | $359 | $201 |
| 1999 | $340 | $156 |
| 1998 | $299 | $134 |
| 1997 | $322 | $110 |
| 1996 | $350 | $109 |
| 1995 | $398 | $93 |
| 1994 | $362 | $67 |
| 1993 | $332 | $50 |
| 1992 | $290 | $34 |
| 1991 | $265 | $24 |
| 1990 | $234 | $21 |
| 1989 | $228 | $14 |
| 1988 | $231 | $7 |
- 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
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 in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B 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