Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Myanmar
Myanmar: Proportion of total government spending on essential … social was 4.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Myanmar, 2000–2019
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
In 2019, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Myanmar stood at 4.6%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 113.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Myanmar peaked at 4.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2005.
Myanmar ranks 108th of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% | — |
| 2001 | 2.3% | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -34.6% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -35.6% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | +155.5% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | +44.1% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | +2.8% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 4.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 72% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 4.6% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11.5%, 40% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Myanmar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +155.5% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.1% | 4.6% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More poverty & inequality data for Myanmar
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,779 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.4426 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.44 (2019)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.4% (2019)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Myanmar?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Myanmar was 4.6% in 2019, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2005.
- How does Myanmar rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Myanmar ranks 108th out of 128 countries with data for 2019.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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