Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan
Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $4.65B in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $2.77B in Sudan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $933M, or 1.34 times that in Sudan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Sudan.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.65B | – |
| 2023 | $2.88B | – |
| 2022 | $3.31B | – |
| 2021 | $3.7B | $2.77B |
| 2020 | $3.33B | $4.69B |
| 2019 | $2.28B | $8.08B |
| 2018 | $2.36B | $8.94B |
| 2017 | $3.46B | $17.5B |
| 2016 | $3.65B | $13.5B |
| 2015 | $3.82B | $12.9B |
| 2014 | $3.29B | – |
| 2013 | $3.27B | – |
| 2012 | $2.97B | – |
| 2009 | – | $27.2B |
| 2008 | – | $27.9B |
| 2007 | – | $23.1B |
| 2006 | – | $19.4B |
| 2005 | $716M | $16.5B |
| 2004 | $708M | $20.2B |
| 2003 | $634M | $7.18B |
| 2002 | $426M | $9.38B |
| 2001 | $585M | $9.02B |
| 2000 | $653M | $13.8B |
| 1999 | $484M | $10.7B |
| 1998 | $489M | $6B |
| 1997 | $593M | $2.21B |
| 1996 | $713M | $2.81B |
| 1995 | $668M | $3.96B |
| 1994 | $628M | $5.42B |
| 1993 | $591M | $7.32B |
| 1992 | $514M | $6.42B |
| 1991 | $443M | $7.41B |
| 1990 | $511M | $9.25B |
| 1989 | $430M | – |
| 1988 | $242M | $7.99B |
| 1987 | $233M | $7.31B |
| 1986 | $365M | $6.43B |
| 1985 | $391M | $7.55B |
| 1984 | $393M | $10.6B |
| 1983 | $402M | $9.28B |
| 1982 | $418M | $6.49B |
| 1981 | $433M | $5.94B |
| 1980 | $387M | $7.05B |
| 1979 | $371M | $6.12B |
| 1978 | $389M | $5.17B |
| 1977 | $350M | $7B |
| 1976 | $301M | $6.78B |
| 1975 | $314M | $4.6B |
| 1974 | $363M | $5.32B |
| 1973 | $439M | $6.81B |
| 1972 | $468M | $7.49B |
| 1971 | $479M | $8.67B |
| 1970 | $470M | $8.64B |
| 1969 | $420M | $7.22B |
| 1968 | $367M | $5.4B |
| 1967 | $367M | $4.4B |
| 1966 | $382M | $4.7B |
| 1965 | $488M | $5.35B |
| 1964 | $524M | $3.88B |
| 1963 | $535M | $2.71B |
| 1962 | $471M | $2.51B |
| 1961 | $437M | $2.1B |
| 1960 | $456M | $2.08B |
| 1959 | $472M | $1.85B |
| 1958 | $436M | $1.6B |
| 1957 | $396M | $1.69B |
| 1956 | $386M | $1.17B |
| 1955 | $385M | – |
| 1954 | $438M | – |
| 1953 | $350M | – |
| 1952 | $245M | – |
| 1951 | $159M | – |
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Myanmar (Burma) vs Sudan
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Sudan: 66.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sudan: 6.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sudan: 36.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Sudan: 3.78% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Sudan: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Sudan: 50 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Sudan: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Sudan: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Sudan: 34.9% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Sudan: 18.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Sudan: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Sudan: -27 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Sudan: 0.93% of GDP in 2021
- Military spending per personMyanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024Sudan: $8 in 2021
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Sudan: 9.5% of government spending in 2021
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Sudan: 144,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Sudan: 0.37% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Sudan: 1.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Sudan: 57 million TIV in 2025