Myanmar (Burma)

Military spending in US dollars in Myanmar (Burma)

Military spending in US dollars in Myanmar (Burma): $159M in 1951 and $4.65B in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2024
$4.65B
Since 1951
+$4.49B
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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Military spending in US dollars in Myanmar (Burma)Military spending in US dollars in Myanmar (Burma): $159M in 1951 and $4.65B in 2024, by SIPRI estimates.
Estimates, SIPRIHighly uncertain

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearMyanmar (Burma)
2024$4.65B
2023$2.88B
2022$3.31B
2021$3.7B
2020$3.33B
2019$2.28B
2018$2.36B
2017$3.46B
2016$3.65B
2015$3.82B
2014$3.29B
2013$3.27B
2012$2.97B
2005$716M
2004$708M
2003$634M
2002$426M
2001$585M
2000$653M
1999$484M
1998$489M
1997$593M
1996$713M
1995$668M
1994$628M
1993$591M
1992$514M
1991$443M
1990$511M
1989$430M
1988$242M
1987$233M
1986$365M
1985$391M
1984$393M
1983$402M
1982$418M
1981$433M
1980$387M
1979$371M
1978$389M
1977$350M
1976$301M
1975$314M
1974$363M
1973$439M
1972$468M
1971$479M
1970$470M
1969$420M
1968$367M
1967$367M
1966$382M
1965$488M
1964$524M
1963$535M
1962$471M
1961$437M
1960$456M
1959$472M
1958$436M
1957$396M
1956$386M
1955$385M
1954$438M
1953$350M
1952$245M
1951$159M
  • Highly uncertain

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.

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