Poverty

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Economic Outlook & Growth Projections

2025-07-03

2 July 2025 – World Bank forecasts Myanmar’s economy will contract by around 2.5% in the fiscal year 2025/26, driven largely by a devastating M7.7 earthquake in late March, which caused damage estimated at $11 billion—about 14% […]

Data

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)