Myanmar (Burma) vs Poland

Myanmar (Burma) vs Poland: Military spending in US dollars

Military spending in US dollars: $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $42.5B in Poland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by $29.8B, or 7.41 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Myanmar (Burma) vs Poland: Military spending in US dollarsMilitary spending in US dollars: $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $42.5B in Poland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by $29.8B, or 7.41 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
Myanmar (Burma)PolandSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)Poland
2025–$42.5B
2024$4.65B$34.5B
2023$2.88B$29B
2022$3.31B$19.9B
2021$3.7B$19.6B
2020$3.33B$18.7B
2019$2.28B$16.3B
2018$2.36B$16.1B
2017$3.46B$14.2B
2016$3.65B$13.9B
2015$3.82B$14.7B
2014$3.29B$12.3B
2013$3.27B$11.1B
2012$2.97B$11.2B
2011–$11.1B
2010–$10.9B
2009–$10.4B
2008–$9.89B
2007–$10.9B
2006–$9.63B
2005$716M$9.05B
2004$708M$8.48B
2003$634M$8.09B
2002$426M$7.78B
2001$585M$7.65B
2000$653M$7.41B
1999$484M$7.63B
1998$489M$7.75B
1997$593M$7.46B
1996$713M$6.81B
1995$668M$6.47B
1994$628M$6.43B
1993$591M$6.44B
1992$514M$5.88B
1991$443M$6.06B
1990$511M$8.61B
1989$430M$8.29B
1988$242M$10.2B
1987$233M$9.87B
1986$365M$10.2B
1985$391M$9.79B
1984$393M$9.08B
1983$402M$8.04B
1982$418M$9.03B
1981$433M$8.19B
1980$387M$8.11B
1979$371M$8.58B
1978$389M$8.54B
1977$350M$8.91B
1976$301M$8.38B
1975$314M$8.05B
1974$363M$7.56B
1973$439M$7.48B
1972$468M$7.02B
1971$479M$6.98B
1970$470M$6.54B
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–
  • Estimate
  • 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.

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