China vs Myanmar (Burma)
China vs Myanmar (Burma): Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in China and 80.4% in Myanmar (Burma), by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 19.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | China | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 80.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 76.8 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 73.7 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 72.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 70.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 68.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 66.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 69.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 55.6 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 60.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 52 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 56.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.9 | 55.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.9 | 54.1 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.7 | 48.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.1 | 51.8 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.8 | 50.6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.5 | 49.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 98.2 | 48.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.9 | 47.3 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.7 | 46.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.4 | 45.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.2 | 47 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97 | 43 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.7 | 41.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | – | 73.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
China vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025