Myanmar (Burma)

Military spending in Myanmar (Burma)

Military spending in Myanmar (Burma): 6.12% of GDP in 1961 and 6.61% of GDP in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
6.61% of GDP
Since 1961
+0.48 percentage points
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in Myanmar (Burma)Military spending in Myanmar (Burma): 6.12% of GDP in 1961 and 6.61% of GDP in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 6.85% of GDP in 1963, the lowest 1.4% of GDP in 2002.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 6.85% of GDP in 1963, the lowest 1.4% of GDP in 2002.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)
20246.61
20233.73
20223.82
20214.41
20203.28
20192.05
20182.18
20173.36
20163.81
20154.08
20143.58
20133.89
20123.9
20051.58
20041.81
20031.96
20021.4
20011.84
20002.18
19992.02
19982.4
19972.31
19963.49
19953.69
19943.54
19933.52
19923.36
19913.17
19903.4
19892.96
19882.14
19871.97
19862.88
19852.98
19842.92
19833.07
19823.22
19813.46
19803.42
19793.56
19783.92
19774.04
19763.79
19753.78
19744.02
19735.11
19725.45
19715.65
19705.6
19695.31
19685.02
19675.2
19666.13
19656.7
19646.02
19636.85
19625.69
19616.12
  • Highly uncertain

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.

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