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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product^e (million current US$)	62 543	79 970	62 084^b
GDP growth rate^e (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7	-1.4	1^b
GDP per capita^e (current US$)	1 224.0	1 508.0	1 147.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	26.8	21.8	20.4^b
Economy: Industry^e,f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	34.5	37.9	38.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,f,h (% of GVA)	38.8	40.4	41.5^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	51.7	46.5	45.2^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	16.8	18.6	18.7^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	31.5	35	36.1^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	0.8	1.5	3.1ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	50.8 / 79.0	44.7 / 76.0	40.8 / 69.6ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	129	168^c	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	79	80^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	11 432	16 950ⁱ	14 924^j
International trade: imports (million current US$)	16 913	17 969	12 452^j
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 5 481	- 1 019ⁱ	2 472^j
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 3 109	68^c	...

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.8	0.7	0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	29.9	30.9^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.3	2.2	2.1^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	68.4 / 62.4	69.7 / 63.7	70.6 / 64.2^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.5 / 9.1	25.1 / 10.3	24.1 / 11.7^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	73.3 / 0.1	76.4 / 0.1	79.1 / 0.1^j
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	1 466.5	800.4	3 829.8^n,j
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	51.6	43	40.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	5.5	4.4	5.2^p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.6^q	0.8^c	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.1 / 114.8^r	119.8 / 120.6^s	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	68.3 / 65.6^r	89.5 / 81.8^s	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	40.2 / 34.5^r	67.3 / 54.2^s	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.5	3	2.6^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	6.2	11.1^t	15.3^t,u,p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internetⁱ (per 100 inhabitants)	10.9	45.4	58.5^b
Research & Development expenditure^v,w (% of GDP)	...	0.1	~0.0^p
Threatened species (number)	301	357	627^j
Forested area (% of land area)	45.9	43.7	42.8^p
CO2 emission estimates^o (million tons/tons per capita)	21.6 / 0.4	32.9 / 0.6	29.1 / 0.5^p
Energy production, primary^o (Petajoules)	1 098	1 069	1 173^p
Energy supply per capita^o (Gigajoules)	15	17	17^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	4 681	903	233^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	20.9	22.3	22.3^j
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	70.4 / 41.4	72.1 / 49.9	72.4 / 50.4^p
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	57.1 / 62.6	53.4 / 64.0	52.7 / 64.3^p
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.03	3.7	1.79^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2020
e		Data compiled in accordance with the System of National Accounts 1968 (1968 SNA).
f		Inc. taxes less subsidies on production and imports.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Inc. restaurants and hotels.
i		Estimate.
j		2024
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Refers to foreign citizens.
n		The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State, including stateless Rohingya IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. Figure for the remaining and departed stateless people are based on detailed estimate.
o		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 April.
p		2022
q		2012
r		2014
s		2018
t		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
u		Figures correspond to members elected at or appointed following the 2020 elections. The new parliament was unable to hold its first sitting in February 2021 due to a military take over.
v		Excluding business enterprise.
w		Excluding private non-profit.