Myanmar: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Myanmar's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.27 percentage points on 2018 (from 0.61% to 0.35%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −1.45 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.88 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 32.9 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.45 percentage points in 1992. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.65 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 66% 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.

How it compares

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What this measures

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts.

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

All 44 values

Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies

• Cambodia — 13.29% (2024)
• China — 31% (2024)
• Fiji — 31.46% (2024)
• Indonesia — 20.86% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 9.26% (2024)
• Mongolia — 13.88% (2024)
• Papua New Guinea — 0.89% (2024)
• Philippines — 16.99% (2024)
• Samoa

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 short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?

0.35% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is up 0.33 percentage points from 0.01% in 1976. The highest value was 86.82% in 1991 and the lowest 0.01% in 1976.

Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Myanmar?

In 2019, Myanmar's short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) fell 0.27 percentage points on 2018 (from 0.61% to 0.35%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1989 to 2018), the average change was −1.45 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.88 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?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.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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