Myanmar: Debt service to exports (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Myanmar's debt service to exports (%) fell 1.46 percentage points on 2018 (from 4.82% to 3.36%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2018), the average change was −0.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.47 percentage points in 1985 and the biggest yearly fall was 49.36 percentage points in 1990. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 5% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

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What this measures

Debt service, the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services, is expressed as a percentage of exports of goods and services--all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. This series differs from the standard debt to exports series in that it covers only long-term public and publicly guaranteed debt and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.

All 36 values

Debt service to exports (%) in nearby economies

• Cambodia — 1.72% (2024)
• China — 1.93% (2024)
• Fiji — 5.1% (2024)
• Indonesia — 12.34% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 7% (2024)
• Mongolia — 8.62% (2024)
• Papua New Guinea — 4.78% (2024)
• Philippines — 7.96% (2024)
• Samoa — 8.79% (2024)
• Solomon Islands — 2.58% (2024)
• Thailand — 0.97% (2024)
• Timor-Leste

More economic policy & debt data for Myanmar

• GDP (current US$) — US$81.67 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 171.5 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$61.87 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 75.47 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,489 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 3.13 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,128 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 1.38 million (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$79.99 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 167.97 trillion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.06 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's debt service to exports (%)?

3.36% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is down 18.65 percentage points from 22.01% in 1976. The highest value was 72.4% in 1987 and the lowest 0.63% in 2001.

Is the latest change in debt service to exports (%) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2019, Myanmar's debt service to exports (%) fell 1.46 percentage points on 2018 (from 4.82% to 3.36%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2018), the average change was −0.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DPPF.XP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) 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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