International Rankings of Burma 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Burma, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Burma, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	122	129050	0
Internet users - percent of population	167	30.68 %	2018
Internet users - total	40	17.065 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	92	544283	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	96	113.84	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	26	63.878 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	91	11.230 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	94	9.108 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.2 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	148	26.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	133	46.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	44	89.3	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	134	47.7	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	74	76.606 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	143	21.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	94	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	113	59.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	42	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	16	33.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	40	1.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	30	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	39	35.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	166	40.3 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	43	32.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1998
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	23	2.8 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	19	8.9 %	2017
Labor force	26	22.300 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	114	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	147	23 %	2001
Population below poverty line	68	24.8	2017
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	58	277.909 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	145	5142 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	155	13.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	78	27.010 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	71	1824	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	70	11000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	57	139.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	82	14.930 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	59	39	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	20	61	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	80	5.205 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	83	17.320 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	62	4.502 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	17	14.070 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	34	18.410 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	29	637.100 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	73	123000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	54	102600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	97	13330 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	75	25.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	42	42.2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	43	34.69 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	142	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	63	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	49	48.2	2018
Land use - other	70	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	155	0.5	2018
Revenue from coal	30	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	36	1.69 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	13	1.168 trillion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	18	29.570 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	67	498.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	28	3.323 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	72	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	158	31.4	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	44	653508 sq km	0
Area - total	44	676578 sq km	0
Area - water	31	2.307 million sq km	0
Coastline	60	1930 km	0
Elevation - highest point	13	5870 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	50	702 meters	0
Irrigated land	26	22950 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	20	6522 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	142	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	63	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	49	48.2	2018
Land use - other	70	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	155	0.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	13	1.168 trillion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	80	17 %	9412
Age structure - 25-54 years	59	42.76 %	7482
Age structure - 55-64 years	119	8.22 %	2681
Birth rate	93	16.65 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	70	52.2 %	1516
Current Health Expenditure	62	4.8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	100	7.14 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	89	9.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	66	10.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	123	46.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	90	37.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	46	93 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	39	23.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	36	18.2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	22	7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	57	1.9 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	32	0.6	2019
HIV/AIDS - deaths	16	7700	2019
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	23	240000	2019
Hospital bed density	59	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	45	30.17 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	49	37.04 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	48	33.71 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	147	71.39 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	141	67.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	147	69.62 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	38	250	2017
Median age - female	94	30 years	2020
Median age - male	91	28.3 years	0
Median age - total	91	29.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	41	24.7	1516
Net migration rate	118	1.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	129	5.8 %	2016
Physicians density	116	0.68 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	24	57.069 million	2021
Population growth rate	99	0.81 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	63	87.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	61	32.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	45	26.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	44	12.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	34	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	82	2.05 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	140	1.6	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	133	1.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	139	1.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	72	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	158	31.4	2021
Transportation
Airports	68	64	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	28	11	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	15	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	45	36	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	69	28	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2013
Heliports	15	11	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	95	4.740 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	67	3.408 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	70	42	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - total	39	5031 km	2008
Roadways - paved	48	34700 km	2013
Roadways - total	30	157000 km	2013
Waterways	10	12800 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Burma on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.