| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $74.53 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-0.5% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 57.2%
industry: 9.6%
services: 33.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
25% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
49.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
22.14 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 70%, industry 7%, services 23% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $7.9 billion
expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97) |
| Industries : |
agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement |
| Electricity - Production : |
6.139 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 44.5%
hydro: 43.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 12.1% (2002) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
5.709 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products |
| Exports : |
$2.434 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
Clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice |
| Exports - Partners : |
Thailand 30.3%, US 9.8%, India 9%, China 5.6%, Japan 4.6% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$2.071 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
Fabric, petroleum products, plastics, machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food products |
| Imports - Partners : |
China 28.9%, Singapore 20.8%, Thailand 14%, Malaysia 9.3%, South Korea 5.5%, Taiwan 5.1%, Japan 4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$6.011 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$127 million (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
kyat (MMK) |
| Currency Code : |
MMK |
| Exchange Rates : |
kyats per US dollar - 6.0764 (2003), 6.5734 (2002), 6.6841 (2001), 6.5167 (2000), 6.2858 (1999)
note: these are official exchange rates; unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2003 from 100 kyat/US dollar to nearly 1000 kyat/US dollar |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
