Laos vs Myanmar (Burma): National power

National power in 2022: 0.06% of world capability in Laos and 0.53% of world capability in Myanmar (Burma), by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.47 percentage points, or 9.34 times that in Laos.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

LaosMyanmar (Burma)

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
In 2022, Laos ranked 114 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 35 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Laos	Myanmar (Burma)
2022	0.06	0.53
2021	0.06	0.55
2020	0.06	0.59
2019	0.06	0.59
2018	0.06	0.6
2017	0.06	0.6
2016	0.06	0.55
2015	0.06	0.55
2014	0.05	0.54
2013	0.05	0.54
2012	0.05	0.56
2011	0.05	0.56
2010	0.06	0.55
2009	0.05	0.65
2008	0.05	0.65
2007	0.05	0.62
2006	0.05	0.63
2005	0.05	0.66
2004	0.06	0.66
2003	0.05	0.7
2002	0.05	0.67
2001	0.05	0.53
2000	0.04	0.5
1999	0.06	0.52
1998	0.06	0.51
1997	0.06	0.51
1996	0.06	0.5
1995	0.06	0.5
1994	0.05	0.5
1993	0.05	0.51
1992	0.05	0.43
1991	0.07	0.43
1990	0.06	0.38
1989	0.05	0.35
1988	0.06	0.34
1987	0.06	0.34
1986	0.06	0.34
1985	0.05	0.35
1984	0.05	0.34
1983	0.06	0.32
1982	0.06	0.36
1981	0.05	0.36
1980	0.05	0.34
1979	0.05	0.35
1978	0.05	0.35
1977	0.05	0.35
1976	0.05	0.34
1975	0.05	0.34
1974	0.06	0.33
1973	0.07	0.34
1972	0.07	0.32
1971	0.07	0.31
1970	0.07	0.31
1969	0.06	0.3
1968	0.06	0.27
1967	0.06	0.28
1966	0.09	0.28
1965	0.09	0.29
1964	0.09	0.28
1963	0.09	0.26
1962	0.07	0.26
1961	0.07	0.26
1960	0.05	0.25
1959	0.04	0.25
1958	0.04	0.24
1957	0.04	0.23
1956	0.04	0.22
1955	0.03	0.21
1954	0.03	0.21
1953	0.04	0.21
1952	–	0.21
1951	–	0.21
1950	–	0.22
1949	–	0.22
1948	–	0.23

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The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

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