Poverty & Inequality in Myanmar 28 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Myanmar. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 unchanged 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 6.9% 136th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 27.0% 103rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.12 live births per woman 2023 down 6.6% 106th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,779 kg per hectare 2024 up 2.4% 73rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 9.4% 83rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.4426 % change on previous year 2024 down 136.6% 109th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.44 2019 down 8.5% 175th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.4% 2019 down 8.5% 175th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2019 down 26.9% 140th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 116.11 % change on previous year 2019 up 343.3% 1st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year 2025 — 137th Gender Inequality Index 0.478 2023 down 3.4% 52nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 36.7% 2023 up 131.6% 10th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1413 2023 down 14.2% 55th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1413 2023 down 14.2% 55th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.179 2023 down 9.6% 40th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1756 2023 down 23.6% 135th Population living in slums 58.3% 2022 up 19.8% 21st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.477 2023 up 12.0% 115th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.477 2023 up 12.0% 115th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.477 2023 up 12.0% 115th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 39.97 2023 up 46.8% 136th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.1893 2024 down 52.4% 75th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.2% 2024 down 52.5% 69th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 5,536 2017 up 87.9% 112th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 4.6% 2019 up 113.9% 107th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 19.5% 2018 down 13.7% 15th