Myanmar
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Capital
- Naypyidaw
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 55 million
- Currency
- MMK
- Area
- 676,578 kmΒ²
Across Myanmar's 3 priced cities, one person needs about $698 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $279.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
48out of 100
- Purchasing power25%32
- Safety20%49
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%83
- Connectivity10%7
- Cost10%91
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
22.2
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
9.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
45.7
New York = 100
One person
$698
A month, rent included
Net salary
$279
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$364
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$1,489
2025
Growth
β2.0%
2025
Unemployment
3.0%
2025
Inflation
8.8%
2019
Life expectancy
67.1 years
2024
Internet users
45%
2020
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Corporate tax
- 22%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourcePwC
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 48.5
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 51.5
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 2.6
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #138 worldwide
- 25
- Mobile downloadMbps, median
- β
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- β9%
Cities in Myanmar
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Lashio | 64 | β | β | β | β | 131K | Low confidence |
| 2Ann | 62 | β | β | β | β | 119.7K | Low confidence |
| 3Taunggyi | 62 | β | β | β | β | 160.1K | Low confidence |
| 4MΓΆng Yang | 61 | β | β | β | β | 117.1K | Low confidence |
| 5KΔng Tung | 61 | β | β | β | β | 171.6K | Low confidence |
| 6Myeik | 60 | β | β | β | β | 173.3K | Low confidence |
| 7Kyaukpyu | 60 | β | β | β | β | 180K | Low confidence |
| 8Dawei | 60 | β | β | β | β | 136.8K | Low confidence |
| 9Kalemyo | 60 | β | β | β | β | 348.6K | Low confidence |
| 10Thaton | 59 | β | β | β | β | 123.7K | Low confidence |
| 11Mu-se | 59 | β | β | β | β | 165K | Low confidence |
| 12Yawnghwe | 59 | β | β | β | β | 188.1K | Low confidence |
| 13Pathein | 59 | β | β | β | β | 237.1K | Low confidence |
| 14Mawlamyine | 58 | β | β | β | β | 438.9K | Low confidence |
| 15Bago | 57 | β | β | β | β | 244.4K | Low confidence |
| 16Yenangyaung | 57 | β | β | β | β | 110.6K | Low confidence |
| 17Pyay | 57 | β | β | β | β | 135.3K | Low confidence |
| 18Nay Pyi Taw | 57 | β | β | β | β | 925K | Low confidence |
| 19Sittwe | 57 | β | β | β | β | 177.7K | Low confidence |
| 20Taungoo | 57 | β | β | β | β | 106.9K | Low confidence |
| 21Hinthada | 57 | β | β | β | β | 134.9K | Low confidence |
| 22Kyauktan | 56 | β | β | β | β | 132.8K | Low confidence |
| 23Myingyan | 56 | β | β | β | β | 141.7K | Low confidence |
| 24Monywa | 56 | β | β | β | β | 182K | Low confidence |
| 25Pakokku | 56 | β | β | β | β | 126.9K | Low confidence |
| 26Hlaingthaya | 56 | β | β | β | β | 687.9K | Low confidence |
| 27Insein | 56 | β | β | β | β | 247.7K | Low confidence |
| 28Mingaladon | 55 | β | β | β | β | 136K | Low confidence |
| 29Mingala Tangnyunt | 55 | β | β | β | β | 132.5K | Low confidence |
| 30Pyin Oo Lwin | 55 | β | β | β | β | 117.3K | Low confidence |
| 31Kyimyindine | 55 | β | β | β | β | 111.5K | Low confidence |
| 32Set Ka Lay | 55 | β | β | β | β | 111.5K | Low confidence |
| 33Meiktila | 55 | β | β | β | β | 177.4K | Low confidence |
| 34Amarapura | 55 | β | β | β | β | 237.6K | Low confidence |
| 35Mandalay | 51 | 17.4 | $200 | $200 | 49.5 | 1.2M | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 36Yangon | 50 | 22.2 | $364 | $279 | 45.7 | 4.5M | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 37Bogale | 48 | 21.7 | β | β | β | 68.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 38Kyaiklat | 39 | β | β | β | β | 52.4K | Low confidence |
| 39Pyu | 39 | β | β | β | β | 40.4K | Low confidence |
| 40Katha | 39 | β | β | β | β | 26.7K | Low confidence |