Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea
Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $62 in North Korea in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in North Korea, by $33, or 2.11 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- North Korea has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $92 | – |
| 2023 | $46 | – |
| 2022 | $46 | – |
| 2021 | $50 | – |
| 2020 | $47 | – |
| 2019 | $29 | – |
| 2018 | $29 | $62 |
| 2017 | $43 | $37 |
| 2016 | $48 | $36 |
| 2015 | $50 | $34 |
| 2014 | $47 | – |
| 2013 | $47 | – |
| 2012 | $60 | – |
| 2005 | $697 | – |
| 2004 | $637 | – |
| 2003 | $521 | – |
| 2002 | $239 | – |
| 2001 | $208 | – |
| 2000 | $201 | – |
| 1999 | $156 | – |
| 1998 | $134 | – |
| 1997 | $110 | – |
| 1996 | $109 | – |
| 1995 | $93 | – |
| 1994 | $67 | – |
| 1993 | $50 | – |
| 1992 | $34 | – |
| 1991 | $24 | – |
| 1990 | $21 | – |
| 1989 | $14 | – |
| 1988 | $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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Myanmar (Burma) vs North Korea
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023North Korea: 73.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024North Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMyanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022North Korea: 66.5% in 2022
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017North Korea: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017North Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023North Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023North Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023North Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025North Korea: 64.2% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023North Korea: 36.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023North Korea: 12% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023North Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020North Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022North Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020North Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025North Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010