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Government debt in Myanmar

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Myanmar's government debt is 51.90 % — #57 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

51.90%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Myanmar over time

262.00 %148.25 %34.50 %262.00 % · 200134.50 % · 20141998: 208.60 %1999: 150.70 %2000: 164.50 %2001: 262.00 %2002: 190.60 %2003: 146.00 %2004: 126.60 %2005: 119.00 %2006: 103.10 %2007: 77.40 %2008: 59.80 %2009: 56.40 %2010: 54.40 %2011: 49.90 %2012: 48.00 %2013: 44.80 %2014: 34.50 %2015: 36.60 %2016: 35.70 %2017: 41.90 %2018: 39.90 %2019: 37.60 %2020: 49.10 %2021: 63.40 %2022: 56.00 %2023: 53.20 %2024: 50.60 %2025: 51.90 %19982012202551.90 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#57 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
54 %
67 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
210.10 pp
peak 262.00 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 156.70 pp
since 1998

In Asia: #22 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −2.65 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Myanmar: ahead of 54 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtMyanmar 51.90 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Myanmar is ahead of 54 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Myanmar
55 Australia51.00 %−0.90 pp
56 Angola51.30 %−0.60 pp
57 Myanmar51.90 %—
58 Papua New Guinea52.10 %+0.20 pp
59 South Korea52.30 %+0.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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