Tax revenue in Myanmar

Central government tax revenue in Myanmar was equal to 6.0% of GDP in 2019.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1973 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Myanmar is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Myanmar, 2019 6.0% % of GDP
Change from 2018 +3.3percentage points 2018: 2.8%
World, 2019 13.8% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Myanmar over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period MyanmarWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 – 14.3%
2020 – 13.7%
2019 6.0% 13.8%
2018 2.8% 13.9%
2017 6.1% 14.2%
2016 7.2% 13.9%
2015 6.0% 14.0%
2014 5.8% 14.0%
2013 5.5% 14.0%
2012 4.5% 13.8%
2011 – 13.7%
2010 – 13.3%
2009 – 13.1%
2008 – 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 3.9% 14.1%
2004 3.3% 14.5%
2003 2.2% 14.4%
2002 2.0% 14.6%
2001 2.3% –
2000 3.0% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.3 percentage points from 2.8% in 2018.
  • Since 2003, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2019 was 13.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2019 for Myanmar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics