Military Spending / Myanmar
Myanmar Military Spending
Myanmar military spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 6.60%.
COUNTRY: Myanmar
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-18 17:00:07
GM ECONOMY RATING
Myanmar · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
50 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
5.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
10.0 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
8.0 / 15
Structural stability
8.8 / 15
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
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Myanmar · military spending data as percent of GDP.
Latest
6.60%
Previous
3.73%
Range avg.
3.73%
Rank
5
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CountryMyanmar
IndicatorMilitary Spending
6.60%2024 · Rank 5
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Myanmar recorded 6.60% for Military Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 2.87 percentage points, from 3.73% to 6.60%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (3.73%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 2.05% in 2019 and the high was 6.60% in 2024.
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