Myanmar (Burma)
Deaths in conflicts in Myanmar (Burma)
Deaths in conflicts in Myanmar (Burma): 761 deaths in 1989 and 2,720 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 2,720 deaths
- Since 1989
- +1,959 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 9 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2,720 deaths in 2022, the lowest 92 deaths in 2008.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,720 |
| 2021 | 1,689 |
| 2020 | 159 |
| 2019 | 558 |
| 2018 | 104 |
| 2017 | 2,381 |
| 2016 | 156 |
| 2015 | 653 |
| 2014 | 207 |
| 2013 | 344 |
| 2012 | 832 |
| 2011 | 796 |
| 2010 | 147 |
| 2009 | 195 |
| 2008 | 92 |
| 2007 | 635 |
| 2006 | 414 |
| 2005 | 355 |
| 2004 | 139 |
| 2003 | 218 |
| 2002 | 429 |
| 2001 | 307 |
| 2000 | 704 |
| 1999 | 318 |
| 1998 | 503 |
| 1997 | 751 |
| 1996 | 556 |
| 1995 | 1,413 |
| 1994 | 708 |
| 1993 | 121 |
| 1992 | 1,179 |
| 1991 | 1,359 |
| 1990 | 695 |
| 1989 | 761 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Myanmar (Burma) in numbers
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Health
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Military
- Military spending6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per person$92 in 2024
- Military share of state spending32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel463,000 people in 2020
- National power0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports70 million TIV in 2025