Myanmar: Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Myanmar's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) rose 1.95 percentage points on 2018 (from 6.87% to 8.83%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 35.97 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.09 percentage points in 1999. 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 14% 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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Closest to Myanmar in the 2019 ranking

• Syrian Arab Republic — 1st of 5: 13.42%
• Aruba — 3rd of 5: 4.26%
• Curaçao — 4th of 5: 2.62%
• Eswatini — 5th of 5: 2.6%

What this measures

Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.

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

All 60 values

Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Australia — 2.87% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — -0.3% (2025)
• Cambodia — 2.35% (2025)
• China — 0.06% (2025)
• Fiji — -1.38% (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 1.44% (2025)
• Indonesia — 1.91% (2025)
• Japan — 3.17% (2025)
• Kiribati — 6.51% (2025)
• Korea, Rep. — 2.12% (2025)

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 (% of GDP) — 69.2% (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)

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Questions people ask

What is Myanmar's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth)?

8.83% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 1.44 percentage points from 7.39% in 1960. The highest value was 57.07% in 2002 and the lowest -6.04% in 1978.

Is the latest change in inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2019, Myanmar's inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) rose 1.95 percentage points on 2018 (from 6.87% to 8.83%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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