Myanmar (Burma)

Military share of state spending in Myanmar (Burma)

Military share of state spending in Myanmar (Burma): 10.5% of government spending in 1998 and 32% of government spending in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
32% of government spending
Since 1998
+21.5 percentage points
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% of government spending · SIPRI

Military share of state spending in Myanmar (Burma)Military share of state spending in Myanmar (Burma): 10.5% of government spending in 1998 and 32% of government spending in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 32% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 9.8% of government spending in 1999.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 32% of government spending in 2024, the lowest 9.8% of government spending in 1999.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)
202432
202317.4
202217.9
202121.1
202013.8
201910.8
201811.2
201717.5
201617.5
201517.8
201415.9
201317.9
201221.5
200511.9
200413.7
200315
200210.1
200110.6
200011.2
19999.8
199810.5
  • Highly uncertain

Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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.

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