Myanmar (Burma) vs Saudi Arabia
Myanmar (Burma) vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending
Military spending: 6.61% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Saudi Arabia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 6.48 |
| 2024 | 6.61 | 6.41 |
| 2023 | 3.73 | 6.38 |
| 2022 | 3.82 | 5.72 |
| 2021 | 4.41 | 6.43 |
| 2020 | 3.28 | 8.41 |
| 2019 | 2.05 | 7.35 |
| 2018 | 2.18 | 8.42 |
| 2017 | 3.36 | 9.5 |
| 2016 | 3.81 | 9.24 |
| 2015 | 4.08 | 12.57 |
| 2014 | 3.58 | 10.26 |
| 2013 | 3.89 | 8.71 |
| 2012 | 3.9 | 7.51 |
| 2011 | – | 7.13 |
| 2010 | – | 8.57 |
| 2009 | – | 9.62 |
| 2008 | – | 7.35 |
| 2007 | – | 8.53 |
| 2006 | – | 7.85 |
| 2005 | 1.58 | 7.73 |
| 2004 | 1.81 | 8.08 |
| 2003 | 1.96 | 8.69 |
| 2002 | 1.4 | 9.76 |
| 2001 | 1.84 | 11.42 |
| 2000 | 2.18 | 10.53 |
| 1999 | 2.02 | 11.38 |
| 1998 | 2.4 | 14.31 |
| 1997 | 2.31 | 11 |
| 1996 | 3.49 | 8.47 |
| 1995 | 3.69 | 9.28 |
| 1994 | 3.54 | 10.64 |
| 1993 | 3.52 | 12.47 |
| 1992 | 3.36 | 11.28 |
| 1991 | 3.17 | 12.47 |
| 1990 | 3.4 | 14.02 |
| 1989 | 2.96 | 13.39 |
| 1988 | 2.14 | 15.15 |
| 1987 | 1.97 | 16.9 |
| 1986 | 2.88 | – |
| 1985 | 2.98 | 17 |
| 1984 | 2.92 | 19 |
| 1983 | 3.07 | 16.97 |
| 1982 | 3.22 | 17.72 |
| 1981 | 3.46 | 13.27 |
| 1980 | 3.42 | 12.61 |
| 1979 | 3.56 | 15.77 |
| 1978 | 3.92 | 16.74 |
| 1977 | 4.04 | 15.65 |
| 1976 | 3.79 | – |
| 1975 | 3.78 | – |
| 1974 | 4.02 | – |
| 1973 | 5.11 | 10.84 |
| 1972 | 5.45 | 10.08 |
| 1971 | 5.65 | 8.64 |
| 1970 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
| 1969 | 5.31 | 9.57 |
| 1968 | 5.02 | 8.09 |
| 1967 | 5.2 | 11.51 |
| 1966 | 6.13 | 11.32 |
| 1965 | 6.7 | 7.69 |
| 1964 | 6.02 | 5.97 |
| 1963 | 6.85 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 5.69 | – |
| 1961 | 6.12 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Myanmar (Burma) vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $25,070 in 2025
- GDP growthMyanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021Saudi Arabia: 4.6% a year in 2025
- InflationMyanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2% a year in 2025
- Government debtMyanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019Saudi Arabia: 31.8% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025