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Myanmar
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#6out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

6.85.54.22.81.5196119932024Myanmar · 2024: 6.79%Myanmar

Analytical takeaways

  • Myanmar records 6.79% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #6 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) increased from 6.12% in 1961 to 6.79% in 2024, a gain of 0.67%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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