(2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 43.2%
industry: 20%
services: 36.8% (2010 est.)
Labor force:
31.68 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 18
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 70%
industry: 7%
services: 23% (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate:
5.7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 56 4.9% (2009 est.)
Population below poverty line:
32.7% (2007 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 32.4% (1998)
Investment (gross fixed):
15.1% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 129
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
9.6% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 197 1.5% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
12% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 34 12% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
17% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 33 17% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$4.907 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 89 $4.038 billion (31 December 2009 est)
note: this number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange rate of 5.38 kyat per dollar in 2007; at the unofficial black market rate of 1,305 kyat per dollar for 2007, the stock of kyats would equal only US$2.465 billion and Burma's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be six, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region; in 2009, the unofficial black market rate averaged 1,090 kyat per dollar.
Stock of broad money:
$7.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 108 $6.231 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$8.552 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 98 $6.858 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products
Industries:
agricultural processing; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; cement, construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; oil and natural gas; garments, jade and gems
Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 77
Electricity - production:
6.286 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 105
Electricity - consumption:
4.403 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 113
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
18,880 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 75
Oil - consumption:
42,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 101
Oil - exports:
2,200 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 112
Oil - imports:
18,250 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 114
Oil - proved reserves:
50 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 78
Natural gas - production:
12.4 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Natural gas - consumption:
3.85 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 66
Natural gas - exports:
8.55 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 22
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 198
Natural gas - proved reserves:
283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 41
Current account balance:
$652 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 $705 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$7.841 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 94 $6.862 billion (2009 est.)
note: official export figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of timber, gems, narcotics, rice, and other products smuggled to Thailand, China, and Bangladesh
Exports - commodities:
natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
Exports - partners:
Thailand 46.57%, India 12.99%, China 9.01%, Japan 5.65% (2009)
Imports:
$4.532 billion (2010 est.) country comparison
