Myanmar (Burma) vs Thailand
Myanmar (Burma) vs Thailand: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $92 in Myanmar (Burma) in 2024 and $84 in Thailand in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by $15, or 1.2 times that in Thailand.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Thailand.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $84 |
| 2024 | $92 | $77 |
| 2023 | $46 | $80 |
| 2022 | $46 | $84 |
| 2021 | $50 | $99 |
| 2020 | $47 | $102 |
| 2019 | $29 | $100 |
| 2018 | $29 | $93 |
| 2017 | $43 | $86 |
| 2016 | $48 | $79 |
| 2015 | $50 | $77 |
| 2014 | $47 | $80 |
| 2013 | $47 | $80 |
| 2012 | $60 | $78 |
| 2011 | – | $75 |
| 2010 | – | $76 |
| 2009 | – | $64 |
| 2008 | – | $54 |
| 2007 | – | $40 |
| 2006 | – | $32 |
| 2005 | $697 | $28 |
| 2004 | $637 | $30 |
| 2003 | $521 | $29 |
| 2002 | $239 | $28 |
| 2001 | $208 | $27 |
| 2000 | $201 | $30 |
| 1999 | $156 | $33 |
| 1998 | $134 | $35 |
| 1997 | $110 | $54 |
| 1996 | $109 | $66 |
| 1995 | $93 | $66 |
| 1994 | $67 | $62 |
| 1993 | $50 | $55 |
| 1992 | $34 | $53 |
| 1991 | $24 | $47 |
| 1990 | $21 | $41 |
| 1989 | $14 | $36 |
| 1988 | $7 | $34 |
- Estimate
- 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyMyanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMyanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMyanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateMyanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMyanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMyanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMyanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMyanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageMyanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMyanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMyanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personMyanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025Thailand: $6,783 in 2025
- GDP growthMyanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021Thailand: 2.4% a year in 2025
- InflationMyanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.1% a year in 2025
- Government debtMyanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019Thailand: 62.9% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMyanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMyanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMyanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMyanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerMyanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMyanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMyanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025