Burma (Myanmar): Poverty, percent of population: The latest value from 2017 is 24.8 percent, a decline from 32.1 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 21.11 percent, based on data from 54 countries. Historically, the average for …

Based on these estimates, 38.3 percent of the population in Myanmar (20,613 thousand people in 2021) is multidimensionally poor while an additional 21.9 percent is classified as vulnerable to multidimensional poverty (11,791 thousand people in 2021).

About one in four people in Myanmar is poor. Estimations from the 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey (MLCS) reveals that 24.8 percent of the population is poor. The poverty line in 2017 was 1,590 kyat per adult equivalent per day (in 2017 quarter 1 kyat). Those with consumption levels at or below 1,590 kyat per day are considered poor.

The current report explores both monetary and non-monetary poverty and welfare in greater detail. In particular, the report looks closely at differences across consumption quintiles in order to provide a more nuanced picture of welfare in Myanmar.

The Key Indicators Report, launched in 2018, provides a snapshot of key non-monetary indicators of living standards in Myanmar. This report provides an update and a basic diagnostic of poverty in Myanmar. This report shows substantial improvements …

In Myanmar, 24.8% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2017. In the Myanmar, the proportion of employed population below $2.15 purchasing power parity a day in …

World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national ( i.e. country–specific ) poverty lines.

Poverty is estimated to be 32.1 percent in 2015, down from 48.2 percent in 2004/05. Although the correlates and drivers of poverty in Myanmar are diverse, patterns among poor households can be clearly seen through the lens of human, physical and financial capital.

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Feb 16, 2024 · As of 2023, over 40% of Myanmar’s population is estimated to live below the poverty line, a sharp increase from around 24.8% in 2017. The economic fallout of the 2021 military coup and the COVID-19 pandemic reversed years of progress in poverty reduction.