Myanmar (Burma) vs South Korea: GDP growth

GDP growth: -12% a year in Myanmar (Burma) in 2021 and 1.1% a year in South Korea in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in South Korea, by 16.7 percentage points.

Watch it change on the map

% a year · IMF

Myanmar (Burma)South KoreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 0.9% a year and South Korea at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	South Korea
2025	-2	1.1
2024	-1	2.2
2023	1	1.5
2022	4	2.9
2021	-12	4.7
2020	-9	-0.7
2019	6.6	2.3
2018	6.3	3.2
2017	6.1	3.4
2016	6.8	3.2
2015	5.9	2.9
2014	8.2	3.2
2013	7.9	3.3
2012	6.5	2.5
2011	5.5	3.7
2010	5.2	7
2009	4.4	0.8
2008	7.6	3
2007	12.5	5.8
2006	13.3	5.2
2005	13.6	4.4
2004	15.3	5.2
2003	13.2	3.1
2002	9.9	7.7
2001	12.5	4.7
2000	12.4	9.2
1999	8.4	11.6
1998	–	-4.9
1997	–	6.3
1996	–	8
1995	–	9.7
1994	–	9.4
1993	–	7
1992	–	6.4
1991	–	10.9
1990	–	10
1989	–	7.2
1988	–	12.1
1987	–	12.9
1986	–	11.5
1985	–	7.9
1984	–	10.6
1983	–	13.5
1982	–	8.5
1981	–	7.4
1980	–	-1.5

12.3Projected

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

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	South Korea
2026	2	3.3
2027	2	2.8
2028	1.6	2.3
2029	1.2	2.1
2030	0.9	1.9
2031	0.9	1.9

Each country on its own

Good to know

How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022South Korea: 0 deaths in 2022