Brazil vs Myanmar (Burma)
Brazil vs Myanmar (Burma): Government debt
Government debt: 93.3% of GDP in Brazil in 2025 and 37.6% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Brazil, by 49.5 percentage points, or 2.32 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Brazil at 105.3% of GDP and Myanmar (Burma) at 56% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Brazil | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.3 | 52 |
| 2024 | 87 | 50.7 |
| 2023 | 84 | 53.2 |
| 2022 | 83.9 | 56 |
| 2021 | 88.9 | 63.4 |
| 2020 | 96 | 49.1 |
| 2019 | 87.1 | 37.6 |
| 2018 | 84.8 | 39.9 |
| 2017 | 82.8 | 41.9 |
| 2016 | 77.4 | 35.7 |
| 2015 | 71.7 | 36.6 |
| 2014 | 61.6 | 34.5 |
| 2013 | 59.6 | 44.9 |
| 2012 | 61.6 | 48 |
| 2011 | 60.6 | 49.9 |
| 2010 | 62.4 | 54.4 |
| 2009 | 64.7 | 56.4 |
| 2008 | 61.4 | 59.8 |
| 2007 | 63 | 77.4 |
| 2006 | 64.6 | 103.1 |
| 2005 | 67 | 119 |
| 2004 | 68 | 126.6 |
| 2003 | 71.5 | 146 |
| 2002 | 76.1 | 190.6 |
| 2001 | 67.3 | 262 |
| 2000 | 62.2 | 164.5 |
| 1999 | – | 150.7 |
| 1998 | – | 208.6 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Brazil | Myanmar (Burma) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 53.3 |
| 2027 | 99.3 | 54.6 |
| 2028 | 101.3 | 55.3 |
| 2029 | 103.2 | 55.3 |
| 2030 | 104.5 | 55.7 |
| 2031 | 105.3 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025