Myanmar: Broad money (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Myanmar's broad money (% of GDP) rose 13.1 percentage points on 2019 (from 56.11% to 69.2%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +1.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.1 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.21 percentage points in 1987. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.18 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 77.63% for 2023. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2018 to 2020 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.63%, against 6.65% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Myanmar in the 2020 ranking

• Singapore — 1st of 6: 147.75%
• Russian Federation — 2nd of 6: 69.93%
• Lesotho — 4th of 6: 42.25%
• Afghanistan — 5th of 6: 37.51%
• Sudan — 6th of 6: 31.88%

What this measures

Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 61 values

Broad money (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Australia — 133.12% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 89.15% (2025)
• Cambodia — 124.8% (2025)
• China — 227.67% (2024)
• Fiji — 90.41% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 481.01% (2025)
• Indonesia — 42.54% (2025)
• Japan — 246.78% (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — 162.71% (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 201.21% (2025)
• Malaysia — 120.64% (2025)
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

More financial sector data for Myanmar

• GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 227.25 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$2,100 (2025)
• Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 12.52% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 28.98% (2020)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 28.98% (2020)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 74.68 trillion (2020)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 7.13 (2020)
• Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 26.09% (2020)
• Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 28.98% (2020)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's broad money (% of GDP)?

69.2% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 42.8 percentage points from 26.4% in 1960. The highest value was 69.2% in 2020 and the lowest 17.23% in 2008.

Is the latest change in broad money (% of GDP) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2020, Myanmar's broad money (% of GDP) rose 13.1 percentage points on 2019 (from 56.11% to 69.2%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1990 to 2019), the average change was +1.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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