Bangladesh vs Myanmar (Burma): Government debt

Government debt: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh in 2025 and 37.6% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 5.7 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · IMF

BangladeshMyanmar (Burma)IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Myanmar (Burma) at 56% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Bangladesh	Myanmar (Burma)
2025	42	52
2024	41	50.7
2023	39.7	53.2
2022	37.9	56
2021	35.6	63.4
2020	34.5	49.1
2019	32	37.6
2018	29.6	39.9
2017	28.3	41.9
2016	27.7	35.7
2015	28.2	36.6
2014	28.7	34.5
2013	28.3	44.9
2012	29.1	48
2011	29.4	49.9
2010	29.6	54.4
2009	33	56.4
2008	33.9	59.8
2007	35	77.4
2006	35.3	103.1
2005	35.6	119
2004	36.6	126.6
2003	37	146
2002	–	190.6
2001	–	262
2000	–	164.5
1999	–	150.7
1998	–	208.6

12.3Projected

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Bangladesh	Myanmar (Burma)
2026	40.5	53.3
2027	40.4	54.6
2028	42.8	55.3
2029	45.5	55.3
2030	47.6	55.7
2031	49.4	56

Each country on its own

Good to know

What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsBangladesh: 2 deaths in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022