General Information about Myanmar (updated: 16 November'13)

Sr.
1 Population
2
3
4
5

Subject

Population growth rate (in 2012)

Gender ratio (M : FM) in 2012.
Age Parymid
Annual gross per capita income (2012)

Numer

Unit

55.6 mill
1.47 %
46 : 54
1,817 USD

6 GDP - 2011
(Nominal)

51,926 mill USD

7 GDP - 2011
(PPP) Purchasing Price Parity

63,689 mill USD

8 GDP per capita (Nominal) 2011

9 GDP per capita (PPP) 2011
10 GDP Growth rate 2012.

702 USD
1,325 USD

11 Reserved Gold

7.1533 tons

6.2

12 Reserved Currency
13 Inflation

8.13 $ Billion
6.2

14 Inflation (till Aug'13)

15
16
17
18

Latracy (in 2000)

91%

Poverty

26%

Unemployment

40%

Life Expectancy in 2011

(M: 62.1) Years

(FM: 65)

19 Average Life Expectancy (in 2012)

65.7 Years

20 Average schooling age: 3.9 years (2012)

3.9 Years

21 UNDP Human Development Indes: Rank

149 th

22 Population by State/Division
(i.e. Ygn, Mdy,
23 Aid fr: UK and Aus for Development
24 World bank loan

&&
500 mil US$
440 Mill US$

25 Japan aid to Thi la Wa

26 Dentist per population.
27 Beer consumption (per capita/yr)
28 Gas Export: Estimated average: USD 2.5 Bn/Yr

2.6 Bn $
19,000 Dentist/peo
ple
4 liter

Remarks/ Source
MMRD. (Gov. source: 62 Millions)
(** MMRD Consumax 2012.)
(** MMRD Consumax 2012.)
Pls see Work sheet 10
*Average of Whole East Asia and Pacific regin: 6,874 USD. (UNDP Human
development Index 2013.)
IMF
IMF
IMF
IMF
UNESPA (United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific).(Pls see Sheet no.8) Weekly Eleven-23 May'12 (Pg: 3)

by Dy. Chairman of Central bank, Daw Khin Saw Oo, stated at 12 Nov'13
HlutTaw meeting. (Daily Eleven 13 Nov'13)
UNESPA (United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific).(Pls see Sheet no.8) Weekly Eleven-23 May'12 (Pg: 3)

World bank-August'13 Report (7 Day News Journal 13 Nov'13)

U Soe Tha, Bi Weekly 25.01.13 (Pg:18)

U Soe Tha, Bi Weekly 25.01.13 (Pg:18)
*** ADB Aug 2012 report.
*Average of Whole East Asia and Pacific regin: 72.2 yrs.
(UNDP Human development Index 2013)
*Average of Whole East Asia and Pacific regin: 7.2 yrs. (UNDP Human
Development Index 2013)
Compares 185 nations.
(UNDP Human development Index 2013).

The Voice- 4 Feb'13 (Pg: 6): Jan31 Press con: by DFID & AUSAID.
News Watch-5.02.13 (Pg:12)

Bi Weekly- 25.01.13 (Pg: 7)

24Jan'13 (By U Myint Swe, Yangon Chief Minister)
**(Cambodia- 29 liter per yr) *** OCBC bank

Top (12) FDI in Myanmar by Country till 31 May'12

(Unit in million US$)
Sr.

Country
1 China

on
(31 March'10)

on
(31 March'11)

on
(30 April'11)

1,848.6

9,603.2

###

2 Hong Kong

510.2

6,308.5

###

3 Korea

239.3

2,915.7

4 Thai

7,422.1

9,568.1

###

5 UK

1,861.0

2,660.0

###

6 Singapore

1,592.4

1,818.6

###

2,930.2

7 France

###

8 Malaysia

###

9 American

###

10 Indonesia

###

11 India

###

12 Japan

###

** Source: Weekly Eleven Journal (8 June'11),Bi Weekly Eleven Journal (3 Jan'12), and Flower News (10-16 July'12), Weekly Eleven (27Mar

Top (6) FDI in Myanmar (unit: million USD)

Sr.

Country

on
(31 March'10)

on
(31 March'11)

on
(28 Feb'13)

1 China

1,848.6

9,603.2

14,180.2

2 Thai

7,422.1

9,568.1

9,568.9

510.2

6,308.5

6,381.3

4 Korea

239.318

2,915.7

2,979.2

5 U.K

1,861.0

2,660.0

2,989.5

6 S'pore

1,592.4

1,818.6

2,216.2

3 Hongkong

38,315.4

** Source: Weekly Eleven (27Mar'13, Pg:7).

Top (5) FDI Sectors till 30 November'11

(Unit in million US$)
Sr.

Type

on
(31 Mar'10)

on
(31 Mar'11)

on
(30 Nov'11)

1 Energy

6,311.22

14,529.742

18,873.720

2 Oil and Gas

3,636.08

13,815.375

###

3 Minning

1,398.39

2,794.463

###

4 Production

1,662.126

1,728.447

1,753.951

5 Hotel and tourism

1,064.811

1,064.811

###

on
(31 Aug'11)

on
(30 Nov'11)

on
(31 May'12)

on
(28 Feb'13)

9,603.2

13,947.1

13,870.5

14,180.2

6,308.5

6,308.5

6,275.4

6,381.3

2,935.0

2,938.9

2,882.7

2,979.2

9,568.1

9,568.1

2,460.3

9,568.9

2,660.0

2,660.0

2,247.0

2,989.5

1,818.6

1,818.6

1,487.5

2,216.2

469.0

469.0

499.9

975.1

977.5

429.3

243.6

243.6

241.5

241.5

257.5

114.2

(10-16 July'12), Weekly Eleven (27Mar'13).

Total

38,315.4

on
(30 Nov'11)

Till end March'13

14,180.7
6,393.3

till end June'13

till end Aug'13

14185.0

China
Thailand
Hongkong

9,569.4

S. Korea
U.K
Spore
Malaysia
Frence
Vietnam
India

42,118.5

$ 43 Bn (32
countries in 12
sectors)
**Daily Eleven (14 Sept'13)

Due to Myanmar Citizens Investment Law

Investment By Citizen
Year

Business

2007 Nov

679

2008 Sep

693

2009 July

702

2010 Nov

765

2011 Oct

813

2012 May

842

2012 July 9

849

Myanmar Citizen Investment by Sector

Unit in million Ks.
No.

Type of Biz

31 Oct'11

Construction

619,597.81

Oil & Gas

241,863.24

Production

249,992.44

Others

144,121.19

Estate

30,081.96

Trasportation

67,420.62

Fishery

15,353.00

Mining

10,507.92

Hotel & Tourism

53,847.40

10

Machinery

11

Agriculture

1,012.79
547.90
1,434,346.27

Source: Weekly 11 (August 3,2012)

ent Law

KS (million)
141,381.34
157,796.76
169,544.10
1,050,625.34
1,434,346.27
1,660,342.51
1,704,057.45

y Sector
21 May'12

9 July'12

632,308.93

633,865.33

241,863.24

246,232.50

452,842.46

490,631.74

144,150.16

144,150.16

35,081.96

35,081.96

71,937.62

71,937.62

15,353.00

15,353.00

11,007.92

11,007.92

54,236.53

54,236.53

1,012.79

1,012.79

547.90

547.90

1,660,342.51

1,704,057.45

End March,13

2,774,623.10

Mynamar's Natural Gas Export

*Unit in million USD
Year
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13

USD
2,039.13
2,520.74
2,384.69
2,926.69
2,522.53
1,700.00

**Till end September'12

** Myanmar is world's no. 14 Gas exporter by pipe line

** Source: Weekly Eleven: 24 Oct'12 (Pg:5)

Mynamar's Top Export Items (Budget Yr: 2011-2012)

*Unit in million USD

No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

Item
Gas
Jade
Garment
Bean and Pulses (Mut Pe')
Marine and fishary product
Bean and Pulses (Pe' Tee Sein))
Rubber
Rice
Teak log
Other Logs
Corn
Bean and Pulses (Pe' Sin Ngone)
Sesame seed
Proan

15 Mining (Matel and raw matel)

** Source: Weekly Eleven - 8 Aug'12 (Pg:7)

USD (Millions)
3,502.52
780.35
497.46
472.63
461.36
315.80
311.05
301.00
283.92
272.89
116.80
190.45
168.73
88.80

45%
10%
6%
6%
6%
4%
4%
4%
4%
3%
1%
2%
2%
1%

82.59

1%

7,846.35

100%

**Till end September'12

978.88

Myanmar's Foreign Trade Data

(Unit in million US$)
Year
1990-91
1995-96
1999-00
2000-01
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12

Export
2,561.90
5,043.80
8,947.30
1,960.00
3,062.80
2,356.80
2,927.80
3,557.20
5,232.70
6,401.70
6,778.90
7,586.90
8,861.10

Import

Trading
Amount

5,522.80
10,301.60
16,264.80
2,319.00
2,299.60
2,240.00
1,973.30
1,984.40
2,936.70
3,353.40
4,543.50
4,181.40
6,412.70

2012-13
** Myanmar's official budget year (1st April to 31st March)
** Source: Bi Weekly Eleven Journal (14 Oct'11)

8,084.70
15,345.40
25,212.10
4,279.00
5,362.40
4,596.80
4,901.10
5,541.60
8,169.40
9,755.10
11,322.40
11,768.30
15,273.80
18,000.00
13,660.00

Surplus/
Deficit
(2,960.90)
(5,257.80)
(7,317.50)
(359.00)
763.20
116.80
954.50
1,572.80
2,296.00
3,048.30
2,235.40
3,405.50
2,448.40
** for 9 months

*30% of trade, came from Gas.

(for 9months, Apr'12-Dec'12) SPLY: 13.57 Bn

Myanmar's Tourism data (inbound)

Year

Tourist

Avg Per Day

2000

416,344

2001

475,106

2002

487,490

2003

597,015

2004

696,910

2005

660,206

2006

63,006

2007

716,434

2008

731,230

2009

762,947

2010-11

791,505

650

2011-12

816,369

700

2012-13

1,030,000

2,822

2013-14

500

Expected (1.8 to 2 mill)

** Source: National News paper "Myanmar Ah Lin" (31 Aug'11)

** Source: Weekly 11 (1 Aug'12)

GDP of SE Asia Countries (2012)

** Updated: 25 Jly'13

Sr.

Country

Area
(KM Sq)

Population (2012)

(1 km - 0.621 mi)

1 Singapore

Population
Density (KM
Sq)

724

5,366,000

7,285

3 Malaysia

329,847

29,038,000

87

4 Thailand

513,120

64,460,000

125

14,874

1,119,000

74

1,904,569

244,468,000

127

7 Philippines

300,000

97,737,000

320

8 Vietnam

331,210

90,388,000

270

236,800

6,376,000

28

9 Cambodia

181,035

15,254,000

84

10 Myanmar

676,000

63,672,000

92

5 East Temour
6 Indonesia

Laos

# Source:

Sr.

Country

Daily Eleven. ( 25 July'13, Pg:15 - From Wikipedia)

GDP per capita

(US$)

1 Singapore

59,711

2 Baruni

49,384

3 Malaysia

15,568

4 Thailand

9,396

5 China

8,382

6 Sirlanka

5,674

7 Indonesia

4,666

8 Philippines

4,073

9 India

3,694

10 Vietnam

3,359

11 Laos

2,659

12 Cambodia

2,216

13 Bangladesh

1,693

14 Myanmar

1,325

# Source:

Bi Weekly Eleven ( 20 July'12)

GDP

GDP per
capita
(US$)

267,941,000,000

49,936

305,826,000,000

10,579

376,989,000,000

5,848

4,214,000,000

3,766

894,854,000,000

3,660

250,436,000,000

2,462

137,681,000,000

1,523

9,269,000,000

1,454

14,246,000,000

934

54,049,000,000

849

2010 - 2012 Business Development & Inflation Rate of Southeast Asia Countries

Country

2010

Economy Growth
2011

Inflation Rate
2012

2010

Southeast Asia

8.3

4.4

5.2

3.9

Baruni

2.6

2.8

2.5

0.4

Cambodia

6.0

6.9

6.7

4.0

Indonesia

6.1

6.5

6.5

5.1

Laos

7.9

8.3

8.4

6.0

Malaysia

7.2

5.1

4.5

1.7

Myanmar

5.3

5.5

6.2

7.7

Philippines

7.6

3.7

4.8

3.8

Singapore

14.8

4.9

3.0

2.8

Thailand

7.8

0.1

5.8

3.3

Vietnam

6.8

5.9

5.8

8.9

Timor-leste

9.5

10.6

10.0

6.9

# Source:

Weekly Eleven-23 May'12 (Pg: 3) / UNESPA (United Nations Economic & Social Comm

ia Countries
Inflation Rate
2011

2012

5.5

4.4

2.0

1.7

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.6

7.6

6.6

3.2

2.6

4.2

6.2

4.8

3.7

5.2

3.3

3.8

3.8

18.7

9.8

13.5

11.0

ed Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia and The Pacific)

2010 - 2012 Unemployment Rate by State & Division

State
&
Division

Nationwide

Population
(thousand)

Population
(million)

Work force
(Age 18-60)

Work force
(Age 18-60)

Unemployment
Rate
(in thousand people)

56.54%

49.69%

28.40%

Poverty
Rate

57,493

57.5

1 Mandalay

8,099

8.1

4,579.17

4.58

1,300.48

24.6

2 Ayeyawadi

7,736

7.7

437.05

0.44

124.12

30.2

3 Yangon

6,758

6.8

3,820.97

3.82

1,085.16

14.1

4 Sagine

6,282

6.3

3,551.84

3.55

1,008.72

13.1

5 Bago

5,777

5.8

3,266.32

3.27

927.63

16.3

6 Shan

5,446

5.4

3,079.17

3.08

874.48

31.1

7 Magwe

5,405

5.4

3,055.99

3.06

867.90

25.0

8 Rakhine

3,179

3.2

1,797.41

1.80

510.46

41.5

9 Mon

3,013

3.0

1,703.55

1.70

483.81

14.3

10 Kayin

1,748

1.7

988.31

0.99

280.68

15.4

11 Tanintaryi

1,651

1.7

933.48

0.93

265.11

30.6

12 Kachin

1,521

1.5

859.97

0.86

244.23

26.6

13 Chin

536

0.5

303.05

0.30

86.67

71.3

14 Kaya

342

0.3

193.37

0.19

54.92

11.4

Total

57,493

57.5

32,454.764

28.570

9,208.316

23.6

# Source:

Mirror Newspaper ( 27 July'12)

26.11

Investment
to creat Jobs
(million USD)

30,695

**Source: MMRD Consumax 2012

Population by State/ Region

Sr.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

STATE & REGION

Mandalay Region
Ayeyawady Region
Yangon Region
Sagaing Region
Magway Region
Rakhine State
Bago Region
Shan State
Mon State
Kayin State
Kachin State
Taninthayi Region
Chin State
Kayah State
UNION TOTAL

**Source: MMRD Consumax 2012.

Population
7.56
7.31
7.14
6.06
4.71
3.69
5.65
5.6
2.35
1.66
1.52
1.51
0.59
0.29
55.64

% share
14%
13%
13%
11%
8%
7%
10%
10%
4%
3%
3%
3%
1%
1%
100%