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General profile: Myanmar

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
54.500 Millions
3 174.800 MMK/US$
46 116 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 652 670 km²
..
1.00 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+1.2 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
3 776
8 661
11 429
14 924
Merchandise imports
1 908
4 760
16 885
12 452
Merchandise trade balance
1 868
3 901
-5 456
2 472
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
1 %1 %42 %42 %18 %18 %5 %5 %4 %4 %30 %30 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
4 2632 3961 1111 0006984 2632 3961 1111 000698
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
281
369
3 749
-
Services imports
497
789
2 392
-
Services trade balance
-216
-420
1 357
-
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
42.2
40.1
9.5
-
Travel
23.8
19.5
56.6
-
Other services
25.3
24.7
26.2
-
TRADE INDICES
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108101109115152155139122107100908470727867576148121120122117969610010095100989590929497109109113
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.0 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
11 931
41 445
62 543
46 116
GDP per capita, current US$
252
845
1 224
846
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
13.57
10.16
6.99
1.00
Current account balance, % of GDP
4.88
3.80
-4.97
(e) -1.58
Exchange rate (/US$)
1 029.833
959.750
1 162.615
3 174.800
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
61.419.832.525.528.061.419.832.525.528.0
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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..
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
110.35
6 669.40
3 141.38
1 095.32
FDI outflows
..
..
..
..
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
3.09
..
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
1 100.01 260.81 282.12 671.62 553.22 673.52 452.92 254.71 933.71 807.71 0951 5201 2392 0671 9072 5092 8924 4092 9303 1419465844971 1186 6692760327241107301 855181591FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
14.82
7.25
-3.93
-
Balance, % of imports
87.71
64.69
-15.21
-
Normalized balance
0.305
0.244
-0.082
-
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
41412539495050454841383029303138505249
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 32%Urban 32%Rural 68%Rural 68%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.008 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
656
210
303
198
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
335 346
827 249
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
-
0.02
0.04
0.97
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
-
1.42
3.37
0.93
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025