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Exports

2023-07-01

Myanmar earned over $1.25 billion from the export of finished industrial goods in over first two months of present fiscal year (FY) 2020-2021 which started in October. This year FY’s figures decreased by over 819 […]

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Human Capital Index

2021-08-01

The Human Capital Index (HCI) provides a new definition of human capital and quantifies the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers. Countries can use it to assess how much income they are foregoing […]

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Tourism

2020-12-15

Number of Tourists (2017-2019) Myanmar: 3,300,333 Cambodia: X Lao PDR: 3,447,333 Viet Nam: 12,811,000 Thailand: 35,433,333

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Finance

2020-12-15

Remittances (as percentage of GDP) (2017-2019) Myanmar: 3.54 Cambodia: 5.77 Lao PDR: 1.45 Viet Nam: 6.57 Thailand: 1.42

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Environment

2020-12-15

Environmental Performance Index (2020) Myanmar: 25.1 (179/190) Cambodia: 33.6 Lao PDR: 34.8 Viet Nam: 33.4 Thailand: 45.4

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Energy

2020-11-25

Only 37% of Myanmar households have access to electricity, but the demand for electric power is growing by 13% each year. (Source: https://www.borgenmagazine.com/innovation-in-myanmar/) The government of Myanmar adopted the National Electrification Plan (NEP) in 2014, aiming to […]

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Digital Economy

2020-11-15

Myanmar has a smartphone penetration rate of 80%, out of which 41% are connected to the internet as of January 2020. Additionally, Myanmar — which has a population of 55 million — has 68.24 million mobile connections as […]

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Investment

2020-09-24

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) The Myanmar Investment Commission approved six new investment projects which can create over 2,600 local job opportunities and are from the sectors of power, manufacturing, hotels and tourism, including a renewable […]

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Agriculture

2020-09-23

Myanmar agricultural sector accounts for some 38% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), but yields are low due to farmers being cut-off from modern technology under the previous regime for decades. The agricultural sector […]

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Poverty

2020-09-21

In 2017, 24.8 percent of Myanmar’s 53 million people lived below the national poverty lines, meaning roughly 13 million had less than 1,590 kyats (1.20 U.S. dollars) per day. (Source: ADB)