The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

per capita (PPP):

      $1,100 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 209 $1,100 (2009 est.)

      $1,100 (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 to the world: 121 $4.02 billion (2009 est.)

      note: import figures are grossly underestimated due to the value of consumer goods, diesel fuel, and other products smuggled in from Thailand, China, Malaysia, and India

      Imports - commodities:

      fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil

      Imports - partners:

      China 33.1%, Thailand 26.28%, Singapore 15.18% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $3.762 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $3.561 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $7.145 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 96 $7.079 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,000 (2010), 1,055 (2009), 1,205 (2008), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006)

      Communications ::Burma

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      812,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 86

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      448,000