Myanmar HDI

Kyaw Thu

Comparative Analysis

HDI development in South East Asia Countries will be explored.

  • Income Index- GDP per Capital
  • Education Index
  • Health Index

Getting Data from WolframAlpha (2015 Estimate Data Available)

countr<-c("SGP","Brun", "Malay", "Thai", "Indo", "Phil", "Laos", "Viet", "Etimo", "Cambod","MMR")
GDPpc<-c(57714, 28291, 9945, 6594, 3847, 2989, 2457, 2343, 2279, 1384, 1299)
Edu<-c(8.14, 7.12, 7, 6.41, 6.37, 6.22, 6.17, 4.94, 4.74, 4.59, 4.1)
Health<-c(9.72, 9.08, 8.45, 8.4, 7.55, 7.44, 7.17, 8.61, 7.46, 7.51, 7.1 )

Income Ranking Plot

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Education Ranking Plot

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Health Ranking Plot

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Health Highlight for Myanmar

  • Population growth rate: 0.89 %
  • Birth rate: 17.7 births / 1000 population (2018 est.)
  • Fertility rate: 2.13 born / woman (2018 est.)
  • Death rate: 7.3 deaths / 1000 population (2018 est.)
  • Infant mrality rate: 24.4 deaths/ 1000 live births (2018 est.)
  • Life expectancy at birth: 68.6 yrs (2018 est.)
  • Health expenditure: 2.3 % of GDP (2014)
  • Hospital bed density: 0.9 beds/ 1000 population
  • HIV/AIDS: adult prevalence rate: 0.7 % (2017 est.)
  • HIV/AIDS Living: 220000 (2017 est.)
  • HIV/AIDS deaths: 6700 (2017 est.)
  • Obesity : Adult prevalence rate: 5.8 % (2016)
  • Under weight Child under age 5: 18.9 % (2016)

Summary and Conclusion

HDI development in South East Asia Countries .

  • Income Index- GDP per Capital: Highest is Singapore; Lowest is MMR
  • Education Index: Highest: Singapore; Lowest: MMR
  • Health Index: Highest: Singapore (World Rank 4th); Lowest: MMR

It shows that the poverty, eduction level and life expectancy are interrelated.

There is a lot to be done to improve the HDI of Mynanmar for the future development. At first, we have to accept the reality as it is. If we have strong devotion and morality within, there is impossible possible for us.

Try everyday in anyway. Hope for the brighter future!