International Rankings of Burma 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	80	688185	2020
Internet users - percent of population	62	35 %	2020
Internet users - total	40	19.043 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	91	523951	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	22	144	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	21	78.548 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	89	11.230 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	92	9.108 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	57	3.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	24	17.520 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	73	76.606 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	137	21.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	89	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	110	59.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	41	28.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	15	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	28	24.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	36	35.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	162	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	18	8.9 %	2017
Labor force	25	22.300 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	18	70 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	110	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	138	23 %	2001
Population below poverty line	66	24.8	2017
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	58	247.240 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	124	4500 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	148	13.5 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	130	5.8	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	128	4.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	125	4.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	63	3.881 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	67	7.134 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	66	20.832 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	61	1.981 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	57	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	63	514000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	48	1.468 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	67	6.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	70	20.474 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	56	1.002 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	75	7.247 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	59	3.405 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	90	52.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	46	47.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	148	10.679 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	69	3.612 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	16	14.188 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	68	475.156 million cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	35	17.711 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	28	637.128 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	62	4700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	56	139.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	67	146200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	82	7800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	53	102600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	95	13330 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	73	25.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	41	42.2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	42	34.69 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	137	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	61	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	44	48.2	2018
Land use - other	67	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	58	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	0.5	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	35	1.69 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	13	1.168 trillion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	17	29.570 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	65	498.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	27	3.323 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	70	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	147	32.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	42	653508 sq km	0
Area - total	42	676578 sq km	0
Area - water	30	2.307 million sq km	0
Coastline	55	1930 km	0
Elevation - highest point	20	5870 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	48	702 meters	0
Irrigated land	25	17140 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	20	6522 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	137	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	61	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	44	48.2	2018
Land use - other	67	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	58	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	147	0.5	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	77	17	9412
Age structure - 25-54 years	54	42.76	7482
Age structure - 55-64 years	110	8.22	2681
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	119	0.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	61	1.55 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	114	2.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	91	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	94	16.34 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	18	19.1 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	66	52.2 %	1516
Current health expenditure	64	4.7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	92	7.13 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	9.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	67	10.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	129	46 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	97	36.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	36	95.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	45	19.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	36	14.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	26	4.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	63	2.1 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	60	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	40	29.52 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	43	36.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	41	32.94 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	140	71.67 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	134	68.27 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	138	69.92 years	0
Literacy - female	61	86.3 %	2019
Literacy - male	42	92.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	53	89.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	37	250 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	90	30 years	2020
Median age - male	89	28.3 years	0
Median age - total	86	29.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	44	24.7	1516
Net migration rate	116	1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	124	5.8 %	2016
Physicians density	116	0.74 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	23	57.526 million	2022
Population growth rate	91	0.78 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	38	93.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	67	18.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	58	14.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	55	6.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	10 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	21	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	32	0.89	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.63 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	30	19.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	2	68.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	2	44.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	80	2.02 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	70	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	147	32.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	130	5.8	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	128	4.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	125	4.9	0
Transportation
Airports	68	64	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	32	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	27	11	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	14	12	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	43	36	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	26	4	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	48	10	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	69	28	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2021
Heliports	13	11	2021
Merchant marine - total	83	95	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	93	4.740 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	66	3.408 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	68	42	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	20	8	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	38	5031 km	2008
Roadways - paved	48	34700 km	2013
Roadways - total	30	157000 km	2013
Waterways	11	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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.