International Rankings of Burma 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	83	688185	2020
Internet users - percent of population	78	44 %	2021
Internet users - total	38	23.760 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	90	522141	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	126	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	27	67.930 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	54	0.5 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	3	56.1 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	75	18.035 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	80	13.361 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	3.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	69	67.720 million US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	126	6.594 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	91	17.523 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	75	76.606 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	147	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	115	59.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	43	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	41	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	173	40.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	104	30.7 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	44	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
Imports	97	17.356 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	193	20.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	30	8.83 %	2019
Labor force	32	22.122 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	118	7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	23 %	2001
Population below poverty line	69	24.8 %	2017
Public debt	145	33.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	66	216.948 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	202	17.91 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	152	4000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	93	7.670 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	201	6.44 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	195	2.17 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	140	6.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	134	6.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	137	6.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	66	3.881 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	68	7.134 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	67	20.832 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	64	1.981 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	61	1000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	66	514000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	51	1.468 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	6.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	72	20.474 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	59	1.002 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	77	7.247 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	61	3.405 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	99	52.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	46	47.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	153	10.679 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	70	3.612 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	16	14.188 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	70	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	64	4700 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	57	139.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	68	146200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	87	7800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	55	102600 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	99	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	44	34.69 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	146	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	64	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	50	48.2	2018
Land use - other	74	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	157	0.5	2018
Revenue from coal	32	0.01 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	38	1.69 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	15	1.200 trillion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	18	29.570 billion cubic meters	2019
Total water withdrawal - industrial	65	500.000 million cubic meters	2019
Total water withdrawal - municipal	29	3.320 billion cubic meters	2019
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	154	32.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	45	653508 sq km	0
Area - total	45	676578 sq km	0
Area - water	31	2.307 million sq km	0
Coastline	62	1930 km	0
Elevation - highest point	23	5870 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	51	702 meters	0
Irrigated land	27	17140 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	21	6522 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	146	19.2	2018
Land use - arable land	64	16.5	2018
Land use - forest	50	48.2	2018
Land use - other	74	32.6	2018
Land use - permanent crops	64	2.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	157	0.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	19	3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	122	0.5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	64	1.55 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	118	2.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	99	16.04 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	19	19.1 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	67	52.2 %	1516
Current health expenditure	79	3.7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	75	57.5 %	2023
Death rate	103	7.14 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	107	9.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	68	10.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	139	46 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	102	36.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	37	95.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	48	19.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	37	14.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	28	4.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	65	2.1 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	72	0.97 %	2023
Hospital bed density	61	1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	43	28.88 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	46	35.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	44	32.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	155	71.95 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	149	68.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	153	70.21 years	0
Literacy - female	67	86.3 %	2019
Literacy - male	41	92.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	54	89.1 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	50	179 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	98	30 years	2020
Median age - male	96	28.3 years	0
Median age - total	95	29.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	45	24.7	1516
Net migration rate	128	1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	130	5.8 %	2016
Physicians density	120	0.74 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	26	57.970 million	2023
Population growth rate	96	0.75 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	38	93.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	71	18.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	61	14.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	57	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	11	10 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	26	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.77 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	33	19.7 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	2	68.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	2	44.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	86	2 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	73	1.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	154	32.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	140	6.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	134	6.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	137	6.4	0
Transportation
Airports	69	64	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	71	281000	3280
Heliports	15	11	2021
Merchant marine - total	86	102	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	96	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	48	34700 km	2013
Roadways - total	31	157000 km	2013
Waterways	12	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burma 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burma 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.