Myanmar (Burma)
GDP per person in Myanmar (Burma)
GDP per person in Myanmar (Burma): $130 in 1960 and $1,128 in 2025, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1,128
- Since 1960
- +$998
- Rank, 2025
- 164 of 186
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- $12,130
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,441 in 2019, the lowest $123 in 1967.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1820: 803 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,128 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $1,158 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $1,178 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $1,175 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,137 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,301 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,441 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,362 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,291 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,225 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,167 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,099 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,025 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $953 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $896 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $855 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $786 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $715 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $652 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $586 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $522 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $463 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $412 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $365 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $329 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $299 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $266 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $242 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $232 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $222 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $211 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $200 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $189 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $180 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $167 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $170 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $168 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $165 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $189 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $200 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $206 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $205 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $199 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $194 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $187 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $180 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $170 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $164 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $157 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $151 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $146 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $142 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $138 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $142 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $142 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $139 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $136 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $134 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $123 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $133 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $143 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $133 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $144 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $130 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $128 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $130 | $3,667 |
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Military
- Military spending6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per person$92 in 2024
- Military share of state spending32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel463,000 people in 2020
- National power0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports70 million TIV in 2025