Myanmar

Myanmar's economy shrank 2.0% in real terms in 2025, yet US$ GDP rose 10.3% to US$81.7 billion and the country climbed 1 place to 86th. The 12.3 percentage-point gap between the two was mostly exchange-rate and price effects. Inflation ran at 21.1%.

Services make up 38.5% of output, industry 36.2% and agriculture 25.3%, with manufacturing at 25.1%. GDP per capita was US$1,489, 168th of 196, rising to 156th on a purchasing-power basis, for a population of 54.9 million. Government gross debt stood at 51.9% of GDP and unemployment at 3.0%. Output has grown 9.2 times in US$ terms since 2000, when Myanmar ranked 95th. It now sits between Uruguay and Slovenia and is about the size of South Dakota. The IMF projects GDP of US$103.8 billion by 2030, up 27%, which would put it 87th.