prior to COVID-19 and the February 2021 military coup, massive declines in poverty, rapid economic growth, and improving social welfare; underdevelopment, climate change, and unequal investment threaten progress and sustainability planning; since coup, foreign assistance has ceased from most funding sources
$216.948 billion (2021 est.)
$264.29 billion (2020 est.)
$256.16 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
-17.91% (2021 est.)
3.17% (2020 est.)
6.75% (2019 est.)
$4,000 (2021 est.)
$4,900 (2020 est.)
$4,800 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
$76.606 billion (2019 est.)
8.83% (2019 est.)
6.87% (2018 est.)
4.57% (2017 est.)
agriculture: 24.1% (2017 est.)
industry: 35.6% (2017 est.)
services: 40.3% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 59.2% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 13.8% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 33.5% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 1.5% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 21.4% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -28.6% (2017 est.)
rice, sugar cane, beans, vegetables, milk, maize, poultry, groundnuts, fruit, plantains
agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; oil and natural gas; garments; jade and gems
-20.65% (2021 est.)
22.122 million (2021 est.)
2.17% (2021 est.)
1.06% (2020 est.)
0.5% (2019 est.)
total: 6.4% (2021 est.)
male: 6.5%
female: 6.3%
24.8% (2017 est.)
30.7 (2017 est.)
on food: 56.1% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 0.5% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
2.85% of GDP (2020 est.)
3.72% of GDP (2019 est.)
3.98% of GDP (2018 est.)
revenues: $13.361 billion (2020 est.)
expenditures: $18.035 billion (2020 est.)
-3.2% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
33.6% of GDP (2017 est.)
35.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
6.44% (of GDP) (2019 est.)
1 April - 31 March
$67.72 million (2019 est.)
-$2.561 billion (2018 est.)
-$4.917 billion (2017 est.)
$20.4 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$17.523 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$15.728 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
China 34%, Thailand 14%, Germany 6%, Japan 5%, United States 5% (2021)
natural gas, clothing products, dried legumes, precious stones, yttrium, scandium, rice, corn (2021)
note: Burmese methamphetamine production and opiate production remain significant illicit trade commodities
$23.1 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$17.356 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$18.664 billion (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India
China 43%, Thailand 15%, Singapore 12%, Indonesia 5% (2019)
refined petroleum, broadcasting equipment, fabrics, motorcycles, packaged medicines (2019)
$7.67 billion (31 December 2020 est.)
$5.824 billion (31 December 2019 est.)
$5.646 billion (31 December 2018 est.)
$6.594 billion (31 December 2017 est.)
$8.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
kyats (MMK) per US dollar -
Exchange rates:
1,381.619 (2020 est.)
1,518.255 (2019 est.)
1,429.808 (2018 est.)
1,360.359 (2017 est.)
1,234.87 (2016 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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