Myanmar vs Suriname: Economic Indicators Comparison

Myanmar with a GDP of $71.2B ranked the 71st largest economy in the world, while Suriname ranked 163rd with $3.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Myanmar and Suriname ranked 13th vs 174th and 164th vs 99th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Myanmar	Suriname
GDP	$71.2B	$3.6B
GDP growth, 1 year	6.7%	2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	6.8%	-1%
Population	53.4M	563k
GDP per capita	$1.3k	$6.2k
GDP per capita growth	5.56%	0.93%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	290.17	3
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.29	0.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.2k	$15k
GNI, Atlas method	$70.2B	$3B
GNI per capita	$1.3k	$5.2k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$348.9B	$8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$6.5k	$14k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Myanmar	Suriname
Income Tax Rate	20%	38%
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	36%
Inflation, consumer prices	5.9%	6.9%
Inflation, GDP deflator	8.3%	14.4%
Unemployment	1.6%	7.6%
Economic Freedom Index	54	49.5
Personal Freedom Index	5.96	7.79
Human Freedom Index	4.81	7.19
Property Rights Index	32.5	45.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	14.3	19.5
Business Freedom Index	53.1	48.2
Fiscal Health Index	84.6	10.3
Labor Freedom Index	59.9	71.9
Investment Freedom Index	30	40
Financial Freedom Index	20	30
Trade Freedom Index	70.8	69.8
Monetary Freedom Index	77.5	76.1
Government Spending Index	87.5	74.8
Tax Burden Index	86.6	70.5
Government Integrity Index	31.5	36.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	29	43
Life expectancy at birth, years	66.6	71.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.8	22.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	19.9	14.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.3	5.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	3.6M	278k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Myanmar	Suriname
Central government debt, % of GDP	38.2%	69.6%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	21.5%	N/A
External debt stocks	$14.9B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	15.6%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	4.9%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	23.1%	22.9%
Gross savings, % of GDP	29.2%	50.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	32.8%	36.2%
Total reserves including gold	$5.6B	$580.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.3B	$131M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Myanmar	Suriname
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	20%	52.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	28%	38.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.1B	-$118M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	15.8%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$886.7M	$16.4M
Personal remittances received	$2.8B	$519k
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	32.3%	36.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	24.6%	9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$47.3M	$8.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$2.6M	$75k
Expense, % of GDP	16.8%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	20.4%	29%