Myanmar (Burma) vs United States: Government debt

Government debt: 37.6% of GDP in Myanmar (Burma) in 2019 and 124.4% of GDP in United States in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in United States, by 71.2 percentage points, or 2.89 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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% of GDP · IMF

Myanmar (Burma)United StatesIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Myanmar (Burma) at 56% of GDP and United States at 145% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	United States
2025	52	124.4
2024	50.7	122.3
2023	53.2	120
2022	56	119.2
2021	63.4	125
2020	49.1	132.6
2019	37.6	108.8
2018	39.9	107.7
2017	41.9	106.5
2016	35.7	107.5
2015	36.6	105.5
2014	34.5	105
2013	44.9	105
2012	48	103.7
2011	49.9	100
2010	54.4	95.7
2009	56.4	87.1
2008	59.8	73.9
2007	77.4	65
2006	103.1	64.6
2005	119	65.8
2004	126.6	66.4
2003	146	59
2002	190.6	55.9
2001	262	53.5
2000	164.5	–
1999	150.7	–
1998	208.6	–

12.3Projected

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

Year	Myanmar (Burma)	United States
2026	53.3	126.8
2027	54.6	128.7
2028	55.3	132.3
2029	55.3	136.4
2030	55.7	140.7
2031	56	145

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