Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea
Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $10 in Papua New Guinea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $84, or 11 times that in Papua New Guinea.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $10 |
| 2024 | $92 | $9 |
| 2023 | $46 | $10 |
| 2022 | $46 | $13 |
| 2021 | $50 | $9 |
| 2020 | $47 | $10 |
| 2019 | $29 | $9 |
| 2018 | $29 | $9 |
| 2017 | $43 | $9 |
| 2016 | $48 | $9 |
| 2015 | $50 | $12 |
| 2014 | $47 | $13 |
| 2013 | $47 | $13 |
| 2012 | $60 | $14 |
| 2011 | – | $8 |
| 2010 | – | $6 |
| 2009 | – | $7 |
| 2008 | – | $6 |
| 2007 | – | $6 |
| 2006 | – | $5 |
| 2005 | $697 | $5 |
| 2004 | $637 | $4 |
| 2003 | $521 | $3 |
| 2002 | $239 | $3 |
| 2001 | $208 | $4 |
| 2000 | $201 | $6 |
| 1999 | $156 | $7 |
| 1998 | $134 | $10 |
| 1997 | $110 | $16 |
| 1996 | $109 | $17 |
| 1995 | $93 | $12 |
| 1994 | $67 | $19 |
| 1993 | $50 | $16 |
| 1992 | $34 | $14 |
| 1991 | $24 | $13 |
| 1990 | $21 | $18 |
| 1989 | $14 | $14 |
| 1988 | $7 | $13 |
- 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
Myanmar (Burma) vs Papua New Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- GDP growthMyanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021Papua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024
- InflationMyanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtMyanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019Papua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Papua New Guinea: 0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Papua New Guinea: $110M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Papua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personMyanmar (Burma): 0.58 tonnes in 2024Papua New Guinea: 0.52 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersMyanmar (Burma): 45.5% in 2020Papua New Guinea: 18.8% in 2024
- Access to electricityMyanmar (Burma): 80.4% in 2024Papua New Guinea: 43.3% in 2024
- Forest areaMyanmar (Burma): 42% in 2024Papua New Guinea: 75.2% in 2024