Laos vs Myanmar (Burma)
Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $21.8M in Laos in 2013 and $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2013 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $3.24B, or 150 times that in Laos.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Laos | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | $4.65B |
| 2023 | – | $2.88B |
| 2022 | – | $3.31B |
| 2021 | – | $3.7B |
| 2020 | – | $3.33B |
| 2019 | – | $2.28B |
| 2018 | – | $2.36B |
| 2017 | – | $3.46B |
| 2016 | – | $3.65B |
| 2015 | – | $3.82B |
| 2014 | – | $3.29B |
| 2013 | $21.8M | $3.27B |
| 2012 | $21.2M | $2.97B |
| 2011 | $20.7M | – |
| 2010 | $18.5M | – |
| 2009 | $18.4M | – |
| 2008 | $22M | – |
| 2007 | $23.8M | – |
| 2006 | $23.8M | – |
| 2005 | $23.7M | $716M |
| 2004 | $24.3M | $708M |
| 2003 | $25.6M | $634M |
| 2002 | $29.2M | $426M |
| 2001 | $31.7M | $585M |
| 2000 | $32.8M | $653M |
| 1999 | $41.4M | $484M |
| 1998 | $94M | $489M |
| 1997 | $138M | $593M |
| 1996 | $150M | $713M |
| 1995 | $196M | $668M |
| 1994 | $234M | $628M |
| 1993 | $232M | $591M |
| 1992 | $234M | $514M |
| 1991 | – | $443M |
| 1990 | – | $511M |
| 1989 | – | $430M |
| 1988 | – | $242M |
| 1987 | – | $233M |
| 1986 | – | $365M |
| 1985 | – | $391M |
| 1984 | – | $393M |
| 1983 | – | $402M |
| 1982 | – | $418M |
| 1981 | – | $433M |
| 1980 | – | $387M |
| 1979 | – | $371M |
| 1978 | – | $389M |
| 1977 | – | $350M |
| 1976 | – | $301M |
| 1975 | – | $314M |
| 1974 | – | $363M |
| 1973 | – | $439M |
| 1972 | – | $468M |
| 1971 | – | $479M |
| 1970 | – | $470M |
| 1969 | – | $420M |
| 1968 | – | $367M |
| 1967 | – | $367M |
| 1966 | – | $382M |
| 1965 | – | $488M |
| 1964 | – | $524M |
| 1963 | – | $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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Laos vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyLaos: 69 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLaos: 2.9 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLaos: 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLaos: 17.9% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionLaos: 2.91% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateLaos: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLaos: 7.67 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthLaos: 1.38% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLaos: 2.42 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLaos: 40.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageLaos: 24.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLaos: 4.5% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateLaos: -1.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLaos: 0.19% of GDP in 2013Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending per personLaos: $3 in 2013Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingLaos: 0.8% of government spending in 2013Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelLaos: 129,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerLaos: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLaos: 4.08% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLaos: 7 million TIV in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025