East Asia & Pacific

Myanmar: official statistics and sources

7 official bodies for Myanmar (Burma), from Central Statistical Organization to Myanmar Companies Online (Directorate of Investment and Company Administration), with key figures from the World Bank and IMF. Official language: Burmese. Capital: Naypyidaw.

Who holds power in Myanmar

• Head of state: Win Myint (President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
• Head of government: The head of state leads the government (no prime minister listed)
• Foreign minister: Aung San Suu Kyi (Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar)

Source: UN Protocol and Liaison Service list, dated 15 October 2026. All world leaders.

Unitary state under military-led government (formally a parliamentary republic under the 2008 Constitution). How local power works in Myanmar: 4 tiers of government below the nation, who is elected and who they answer to.

Part of level 6 of the 10 levels of power.

Government, regions and cities

• Government and power in Myanmar: leaders, governance scores, women in parliament, spending and the bodies that hold power to account
• All 15 regions: Yangon, Mandalay, Ayeyawady, Shan, Sagaing…
• The 14 largest cities: Yangon, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw, Bago, Hpa-an

Key figures

What the figures show

Myanmar had 54.9 million people in 2025, by the World Bank's count; ten years earlier the figure was 51.1 million. Of the 30 UN members in the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific region, 6 have more people; worldwide it comes 27th.

In 2025 Myanmar recorded gross domestic product of $81.7 billion, converted to US dollars by the World Bank. That works out at $1,489 a head; the regional median is $6,547.

Real GDP shrank by 2.0% in 2025, World Bank figures show. For 2026 the IMF expects 2.0%.

Across 2019 the annual rate was 8.8%. The IMF forecasts 20.0% for 2026.

The ILO's modelled unemployment rate for 2025 is 3.0%; the national statistics office may publish a different figure from its own survey.

The IMF records general government gross debt of 51.9% of GDP for 2025, compared with a median of 45.0% across the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific region; its 2026 projection is 53.3%.

Life expectancy at birth: 67.1 years (2024).

• Annual inflation since 2015: highest 9.5% (2015), lowest 4.6% (2017).
• Debt ratio 2015: 36.6%; 2025: 51.9%.
• GDP per person in dollars, 2015 to 2025: +28%.

Figures checked 2026-10-13; how they are compiled.

Official sources in Myanmar

Statistics office prices, jobs, people, output

• Central Statistical Organization (ဗဟိုစာရင်းအင်းအဖွဲ့)
  Myanmar's consumer price index, foreign trade, industrial and agricultural statistics and statistical yearbooks.

Central bank interest rates and money

• Central Bank of Myanmar (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်)
  Reference exchange rates, monetary statistics, directives and notifications to banks.

Parliament debates, votes, bills

• Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) (ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်)
  Laws enacted, session records and members of the Union Parliament and its two houses.

Courts judgments

• Supreme Court of the Union (ပြည်ထောင်စုတရားလွှတ်တော်ချုပ်)
  Court notifications, rulings and information on the judiciary.

Regulators

• Myanmar Competition Commission
  Competition law, rules and the Commission's notices.
• Posts and Telecommunications Department (ဆက်သွယ်ရေးနှင့် စာတိုက်ဦးစီးဌာန)
  Telecoms licensing, spectrum and regulatory notifications.

Public registers companies, land, charities

• Myanmar Companies Online (Directorate of Investment and Company Administration)
  The online register of Myanmar companies, with a public company search, incorporation and annual-return filings.

Notes

The parliament elected in November 2020 was prevented from convening by the military takeover of February 2021; a new Pyidaungsu Hluttaw elected in the 2025-26 elections organised by the military-led administration convened in March 2026, its lower house first sitting on 16 March 2026.

The Union Election Commission site (uec.gov.mm) and the government portal (myanmar.gov.mm) refused connections on 2026-10-13 and are not listed.

Freedom of information in Myanmar

No general access-to-information law for Myanmar was found in the official sources checked on 2026-10-13. No access-to-information law could be found; Myanmar has not enacted a right to information act.

What Myanmar does not have

• No online land register could be reached; the DALMS site did not resolve on 2026-10-13.
• No public procurement portal could be found.
• The DICA main site (dica.gov.mm) reset connections on 2026-10-13.
• No freedom of information law, information commissioner, lobbying register or published asset declarations.
• No official online database of court judgments.

Also: World Bank country data · IMF country page · UN Sustainable Development Goals country profile · IPU Parline parliament profile.

Myanmar by subject

• Economy GDP, growth, trade and investment
• Jobs and pay unemployment, jobs and work
• Cost of living inflation, poverty and inequality
• Public finances debt, deficit, tax and spending
• Health and care life expectancy, doctors and spending
• Housing homes, cities, water and power
• Crime and justice murder rate, courts and crime
• Immigration migrants, refugees and remittances
• Education schools, universities and literacy
• Environment emissions, air, forests and water

Common questions

What is the population of Myanmar?

54.9 million (2025, World Bank). National figures: Central Statistical Organization.

What is the inflation rate in Myanmar?

8.8% (2019, World Bank). Official index: Central Statistical Organization.

What is Myanmar's GDP?

$81.7 billion (2025, World Bank).

How much government debt does Myanmar have?

51.9% of GDP (2025, International Monetary Fund).

Who publishes official statistics in Myanmar?

Central Statistical Organization (ဗဟိုစာရင်းအင်းအဖွဲ့): https://www.csostat.gov.mm/

What is the central bank of Myanmar?

Central Bank of Myanmar (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်): https://www.cbm.gov.mm/

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