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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $74.53 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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-0.5% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $1,800 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 57.2%
industry: 9.6%
services: 33.1% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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11.8% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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25% (2000 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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49.7% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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22.14 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 70%, industry 7%, services 23% (2001 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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4.2% (2003)
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Budget:
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revenues: $7.9 billion
expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7 billion (FY96/97)
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Industries:
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agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement
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Industrial production growth rate:
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NA
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Electricity - production:
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6.139 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 44.5%
hydro: 43.4%
other: 12.1% (2002)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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5.709 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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18,590 bbl/day (2002 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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38,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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115 million bbl (1 January 2003)
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Natural gas - production:
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7.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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2.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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5.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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314.4 billion cu m (1 January 2003)
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Agriculture - products:
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rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products
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Current account balance:
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$-35 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.434 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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Clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice
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Exports - partners:
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Thailand 30.3%, US 9.8%, India 9%, China 5.6%, Japan 4.6% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$2.071 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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Fabric, petroleum products, plastics, machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food products
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Imports - partners:
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China 28.9%, Singapore 20.8%, Thailand 14%, Malaysia 9.3%, South Korea 5.5%, Taiwan 5.1%, Japan 4% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$562 million (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$6.011 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$127 million (2001 est.)
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Currency:
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kyat (MMK)
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Currency code:
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MMK
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Exchange rates:
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kyats per US dollar - 6.0764 (2003), 6.5734 (2002), 6.6841 (2001), 6.5167 (2000), 6.2858 (1999)
note: these are official exchange rates; unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2003 from 100 kyat/US dollar to nearly 1000 kyat/US dollar
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