Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma)
Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.36B in Kenya in 2025 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $3.4B, or 3.7 times that in Kenya.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Kenya.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kenya | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.36B | – |
| 2024 | $1.26B | $4.65B |
| 2023 | $1.14B | $2.88B |
| 2022 | $1.14B | $3.31B |
| 2021 | $1.16B | $3.7B |
| 2020 | $1.13B | $3.33B |
| 2019 | $1.15B | $2.28B |
| 2018 | $1.19B | $2.36B |
| 2017 | $1.16B | $3.46B |
| 2016 | $1.13B | $3.65B |
| 2015 | $1.05B | $3.82B |
| 2014 | $976M | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $1.07B | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $1.09B | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $962M | – |
| 2010 | $941M | – |
| 2009 | $887M | – |
| 2008 | $870M | – |
| 2007 | $911M | – |
| 2006 | $814M | – |
| 2005 | $823M | $716M |
| 2004 | $780M | $708M |
| 2003 | $791M | $634M |
| 2002 | $783M | $426M |
| 2001 | $728M | $585M |
| 2000 | $632M | $653M |
| 1999 | $589M | $484M |
| 1998 | $605M | $489M |
| 1997 | $642M | $593M |
| 1996 | $676M | $713M |
| 1995 | $578M | $668M |
| 1994 | $504M | $628M |
| 1993 | $605M | $591M |
| 1992 | $724M | $514M |
| 1991 | $968M | $443M |
| 1990 | $1.24B | $511M |
| 1989 | $1.22B | $430M |
| 1988 | $1.31B | $242M |
| 1987 | $1.36B | $233M |
| 1986 | $1.06B | $365M |
| 1985 | $884M | $391M |
| 1984 | $1.05B | $393M |
| 1983 | $1.28B | $402M |
| 1982 | $1.36B | $418M |
| 1981 | $1.35B | $433M |
| 1980 | $1.39B | $387M |
| 1979 | $1.71B | $371M |
| 1978 | $1.57B | $389M |
| 1977 | $1.21B | $350M |
| 1976 | $723M | $301M |
| 1975 | $504M | $314M |
| 1974 | $505M | $363M |
| 1973 | $467M | $439M |
| 1972 | $414M | $468M |
| 1971 | $325M | $479M |
| 1970 | $260M | $470M |
| 1969 | $246M | $420M |
| 1968 | $255M | $367M |
| 1967 | $250M | $367M |
| 1966 | $208M | $382M |
| 1965 | $165M | $488M |
| 1964 | $102M | $524M |
| 1963 | $32.2M | $535M |
| 1962 | – | $471M |
| 1961 | – | $437M |
| 1960 | – | $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
Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelKenya: 24,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025