Myanmar — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Myanmar, 1960–2019.
Inflation for Myanmar was 8.83% in 2019, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1960 to 2019. The highest recorded value was 57.07% in 2002. The lowest was -6.04% in 1978 (about -1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.30% per year.
Myanmar ranks 24 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 2.21%, so Myanmar sits above it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2009–2019) the figure moved up 499%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 1 of 28 economies; Mongolia (8.61%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 19430% in 2001. That is 54% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1965.
World ranking. Slipped: 9th of 63 in 1960 → 91st of 92 in 1970 → 106th of 106 in 1980 → 34th of 131 in 1990 → 148th of 163 in 2000 → 28th of 186 in 2010 → 19th of 183 in 2019.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2019
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.83% | +2.0 pp |
| 2018 | 6.87% | +2.3 pp |
| 2017 | 4.57% | -2.4 pp |
| 2016 | 6.93% | -2.5 pp |
| 2015 | 9.45% | +4.5 pp |
| 2014 | 4.95% | -0.7 pp |
| 2013 | 5.64% | +4.2 pp |
| 2012 | 1.47% | -3.6 pp |
| 2011 | 5.02% | -2.7 pp |
| 2010 | 7.72% | +6.2 pp |
| 2009 | 1.47% | -25.3 pp |
| 2008 | 26.8% | -8.2 pp |
| 2007 | 35.02% | +15.0 pp |
| 2006 | 20% | +10.6 pp |
| 2005 | 9.37% | +4.8 pp |
| 2004 | 4.53% | -32.1 pp |
| 2003 | 36.59% | -20.5 pp |
| 2002 | 57.07% | +36.0 pp |
| 2001 | 21.1% | +21.2 pp |
| 2000 | -0.11% | -18.5 pp |
| 1999 | 18.4% | -33.1 pp |
| 1998 | 51.49% | +21.8 pp |
| 1997 | 29.7% | +13.4 pp |
| 1996 | 16.28% | -8.9 pp |
| 1995 | 25.19% | +1.1 pp |
| 1994 | 24.1% | -7.7 pp |
| 1993 | 31.83% | +9.9 pp |
| 1992 | 21.91% | -10.4 pp |
| 1991 | 32.27% | +14.6 pp |
| 1990 | 17.63% | -9.6 pp |
| 1989 | 27.2% | +11.2 pp |
| 1988 | 16.04% | -8.7 pp |
| 1987 | 24.76% | +15.4 pp |
| 1986 | 9.33% | +2.5 pp |
| 1985 | 6.81% | +2.0 pp |
| 1984 | 4.85% | -0.8 pp |
| 1983 | 5.65% | +0.3 pp |
| 1982 | 5.3% | +5.0 pp |
| 1981 | 0.32% | -0.3 pp |
| 1980 | 0.61% | -5.1 pp |
| 1979 | 5.67% | +11.7 pp |
| 1978 | -6.04% | -4.9 pp |
| 1977 | -1.16% | -23.5 pp |
| 1976 | 22.38% | -9.3 pp |
| 1975 | 31.66% | +6.4 pp |
| 1974 | 25.21% | +0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 25.2% | +17.6 pp |
| 1972 | 7.64% | +5.6 pp |
| 1971 | 2.09% | +6.1 pp |
| 1970 | -4.01% | +0.3 pp |
| 1969 | -4.34% | -6.7 pp |
| 1968 | 2.38% | +1.5 pp |
| 1967 | 0.83% | -24.7 pp |
| 1966 | 25.49% | +7.8 pp |
| 1965 | 17.69% | +18.2 pp |
| 1964 | -0.46% | +2.2 pp |
| 1963 | -2.68% | -1.1 pp |
| 1962 | -1.61% | -1.5 pp |
| 1961 | -0.15% | -7.5 pp |
| 1960 | 7.39% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Myanmar’s Inflation in 1961?
-0.15% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Myanmar’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2019 the series was growing overall: +19.4% in total — about 0.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2019: 8.83%; 2018: 6.87%; 2017: 4.57%; 2016: 6.93%; 2015: 9.45%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.