Myanmar External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Myanmar External Debt: % of GDP

• Myanmar External Debt accounted for 18.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 19.9 % in the previous year.
• Myanmar External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2018 to Dec 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 20.1 % in Dec 2021 and a record low of 15.5 % in Dec 2019.

CEIC calculates annual External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual External Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. The World Bank provides External Debt in USD. The Central Bank of Myanmar provides Nominal GDP in local currency. The Central Bank of Myanmar average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Related information about Myanmar External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Myanmar, Current Account recorded a surplus of 1.0 USD bn in Mar 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 301.2 USD mn in Mar 2025.
• The country's External Debt reached 12,162.1 in Dec 2023.

View Myanmar's External Debt: % of GDP from 2018 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Myanmar's External Debt: % of GDP in 2023?

Myanmar External Debt accounted for 18.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 19.9 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
18.9 2023	19.9 2022	15.5 2019	20.1 2021	%	yearly	2018 - 2023

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