Refugees
0refugees and others in need of protection hosted, 2025
1.6 mfrom it, abroad, 2025
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Country page · Updated 13 Nov 2026
Myanmar
Myanmar has 55 m people (World Bank, 2025) and an economy of $82 bn a year (World Bank, 2025). It imports all of its potash supply (FAOSTAT, 2024, estimated) and 95% of the oil it uses (EIA, 2024).
Written automatically from the figures on this page.
- Population
- 55 m (2025)
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:50m, which shows who controls an area in practice. Borders shown do not imply endorsement.
- GDPUS$81.7billion84th of 186World Bank · 2025
- Population55million27th of 216World Bank · 2025
- GDP per personUS$1,489161st of 186World Bank · 2025
- Military, % GDP6.6% of GDP5th of 152World Bank · 2024
- CO2 per person0.6t177th of 213Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Dependencies at a glance
Myanmar imports all of its potash supply and 95% of the oil it uses; it exports gas.
Imports mostImports someLow net tradeExporter
| Resource | Dependence | Position | Main partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Imports most | Imports 95% of the oil it usesEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Norway → Myanmar and Angola → Myanmar as reported by the exporter | Norway, Angola, China |
| Natural gas | Exporter | Exports 69% of what it produces PreliminaryEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, exports 2025 | Thailand (buyers) |
| Wheat | Imports most | Imports 82% of the wheat it usesFAOSTAT, use 2020 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | Australia, United States |
| Maize | Exporter | Exports exceed recorded supplyExports can come from an earlier harvest or stocks; FAOSTAT’s yearly figures do not separate themFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | Thailand, Philippines (buyers) |
| Rice | Exporter | Exports 14% of what it producesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | China, Belgium, Spain (buyers) |
| Soybeans | Low net trade | Imports 2.9% of the soybeans it usesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | United States, Canada |
| Potash | Imports most | Imports all of its potash supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Canada, Germany, Laos |
| Phosphate | Imports most | Imports all of its phosphate supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | China, Vietnam, Morocco |
| Arms | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: Russia, 52% of importsSIPRI, 2021–2025 | Russia, China, Israel |
| Chips | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: China, 66% of importsUN Comtrade, 2025 | China, United States, Thailand |
Dependence is net imports: imports minus exports, as a share of what the country uses; for potash and phosphate, of its supply (production plus net imports). Arms and chips show supplier concentration only: the main supplier’s share of imports (arms: five-year totals of deliveries in SIPRI’s trend-indicator value, SIPRI’s measure of military capability delivered, not price or number of weapons).
- OilImports most
Imports 95% of the oil it uses
Main partners: Norway, Angola, China
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Norway → Myanmar and Angola → Myanmar as reported by the exporter
- Natural gasExporter
Exports 69% of what it produces Preliminary
Main partners: Thailand (buyers)
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, exports 2025
- WheatImports most
Imports 82% of the wheat it uses
Main partners: Australia, United States
FAOSTAT, use 2020 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- MaizeExporter
Exports exceed recorded supply
Exports can come from an earlier harvest or stocks; FAOSTAT’s yearly figures do not separate them
Main partners: Thailand, Philippines (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- RiceExporter
Exports 14% of what it produces
Main partners: China, Belgium, Spain (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- SoybeansLow net trade
Imports 2.9% of the soybeans it uses
Main partners: United States, Canada
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- PotashImports most
Imports all of its potash supply Estimate
Main partners: Canada, Germany, Laos
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- PhosphateImports most
Imports all of its phosphate supply Estimate
Main partners: China, Vietnam, Morocco
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- ArmsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: Russia, 52% of imports
Main partners: Russia, China, Israel
SIPRI, 2021–2025
- ChipsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: China, 66% of imports
Main partners: China, United States, Thailand
UN Comtrade, 2025
Source: EIA; FAOSTAT; SIPRI; UN Comtradeyear in each rowUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Dependencies toolMoney and reserves
Myanmar’s economy produced $82 bn in 2025.
GDP, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank Indicators2000–2025Updated 13 Nov 2026
Economic growth−2.0%2025 · 182nd of 186 · World Bank
Unemployment3.0%2025 · 139th of 181 · World Bank
ReservesUS$9.34billion2023 · 77th of 168 · World Bank
Foreign investment inUS$1.07billion2025 · 95th of 200 · World Bank
People
Myanmar had 55 m people in 2025.
Population, 1950–2100
Projection: UN projection, medium variant, after 2023Range between the UN low- and high-fertility scenarios
Source: UN World Population ProspectsUpdated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Myanmar’s population by age
1950200020502100
Source: UN World Population Prospects1950–2100Updated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Births per woman2.122023 · 106th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Median age29.52023 · 131st of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Aged 65 and over7.5%2025, Projection, medium variant · UN WPP 2024
Climate and hazards
Myanmar emitted 31.6 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024.
Myanmar’s CO2 emissions, million tonnes, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data CO21990–2024Updated 13 Nov 2026
CO2 emissions32Mt2024 · 76th of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 per person0.6t2024 · 177th of 213 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 since 1750728Mt2024 · 93rd of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
Water stress2.12023 · 67th of 164 · WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)
More figures
Shown only where a source covers Myanmar.
Sanctions
373entries on the US, EU and UK lists give it as an address or nationality: US 182, EU 115 and UK 76
Counts entries (people, companies, ships and aircraft), not how strict the measures are.
Source: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions ListUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Chinese loans and grants
US$14.5billioncommitted by Chinese state lenders, 2000–2021
Source: AidData Chinese development finance2000–2021
Cyber incidents
14publicly known incidents affecting Myanmar, 2000–2024
Counts compare documented incidents, not how often a country is targeted. Who they were attributed to
Source: EuRepoC Global Dataset of Cyber Incidents 1.3.2 (4 Mar 2025), CC BY-NC 4.02000–2024
All figures
47 measures on this site have a recent figure for Myanmar.
| GDP | $82 bn | 2025 | 84th of 186 | World Bank |
| GDP per person | $1,489 | 2025 | 161st of 186 | World Bank |
| Economic growth | −2.0% | 2025 | 182nd of 186 | World Bank |
| Government debt | Estimate | 2025 | 102nd of 191 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Government budget balance | Estimate | 2025 | 151st of 195 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Current account balance | Estimate | 2025 | 59th of 194 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Unemployment | 3.0% | 2025 | 139th of 181 | World Bank |
| Reserves, including gold | $9.3 bn | 2023 | 77th of 168 | World Bank |
| Foreign investment in | $1.1 bn | 2025 | 95th of 200 | World Bank |
| Population | 55 m | 2025 | 27th of 216 | World Bank |
| Population with UN projections | 54 m | 2023 | 27th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Births per woman | 2.12 | 2023 | 106th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Median age | 29.5 | 2023 | 131st of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Life expectancy | 66.9 | 2023 | 197th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Refugees from the country | 1.6 m | 2025 | 7th of 206 | UNHCR |
| Refugees and others needing protection, by host | 0 | 2025 | 171st of 176 | UNHCR |
| Refugees hosted per 1,000 people | 0.0 | 2025 | 171st of 176 | UNHCR |
| People displaced inside the country | 3.6 m | 2025 | 7th of 38 | UNHCR |
| Crude oil production | 6 kb/d | 2025 | 78th of 214 | EIA |
| Oil consumption | 125 kb/d | 2024 | 70th of 212 | EIA |
| Natural gas production | Preliminary | 2024 | 36th of 213 | EIA |
| Natural gas consumption | 4.0 bcm | 2024 | 66th of 213 | EIA |
| Electricity generated | 22 TWh | 2024 | 81st of 193 | Ember |
| Low-carbon electricity | 48% | 2024 | 80th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from coal | 5.5% | 2024 | 57th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from wind and solar | 0.6% | 2024 | 156th of 193 | Ember |
| Wheat production | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 85th of 123 | FAOSTAT |
| Wheat imports | 0.3 Mt | 2024 | 73rd of 180 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize production | 2.1 Mt | 2024 | 47th of 169 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 149th of 196 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice production | 18.5 Mt | 2024 | 7th of 135 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 167th of 197 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean production | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 38th of 108 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 88th of 179 | FAOSTAT |
| Potash fertiliser use | 0.03 Mt | 2024 | 64th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| Phosphate fertiliser use | 0.05 Mt | 2024 | 53rd of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| CO2 emissions | 32 Mt | 2024 | 76th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 per person | 0.6 t | 2024 | 177th of 213 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 emitted since 1750 | 728 Mt | 2024 | 93rd of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Water stress | 2.1 | 2023 | 67th of 164 | WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0) |
| Water from abroad | 14% | 2023 | 76th of 193 | FAO AQUASTAT |
| Military spending, share of GDP | 6.6% | 2024 | 5th of 152 | World Bank |
| Military spending | $5.0 bn | 2024 | 46th of 152 | World Bank |
| Deaths in organised violence | 2,317 | 2025 | 14th of 61 | UCDP |
| Arms imports | 70 TIV m | 2025 | 52nd of 108 | SIPRI |
| Sanctions list entries (US, EU, UK) | 373 | 2026 | 12th of 181 | US CSL |
| Chinese loans and grants committed | $292 m | 2021 | 27th of 122 | AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.0 |
Sources for this page
- World Bank IndicatorsGDP, GDP per person, Economic growth, Unemployment, Reserves, Foreign investment in, …
- IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026Debt, Budget balance, Current account
- UN World Population ProspectsPopulation (UN), Births per woman, Median age, Life expectancy
- UNHCR Refugee Data FinderRefugees from, Refugees hosted, Refugees per 1,000, Internally displaced
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationOil output, Oil use, Gas output, Gas use, Dependencies at a glance
- Ember electricity dataElectricity, Low-carbon electricity, Electricity from coal, Electricity from wind and solar
- FAOSTATWheat production, Wheat imports, Maize production, Maize imports, Rice production, Rice imports, …
- Our World in Data CO2CO2 emissions, CO2 per person, CO2 since 1750
- WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Water stress
- FAO AQUASTATWater from abroad
- UCDP Georeferenced Event DatasetConflict deaths
- SIPRI Arms Transfers DatabaseArms imports, Dependencies at a glance
- US Consolidated Screening ListSanctions list entries, Sanctions
- AidData Chinese development financeChinese loans and grants
- UN ComtradeDependencies at a glance
- EU financial sanctions listSanctions
- UK Sanctions ListSanctions
- EuRepoC cyber incidentsCyber incidents
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