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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

Myanmar (Burma)

53.7

High · 50+Rank 8 of 192+1.4 against the previous edition · #9 → #8Asia · South-Eastern Asia · 5 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region5 / 47Asia
Rank in its income group3 / 47Lower-middle income
Comparable countriesSyriaIGE 54.1 · distance 4.1Comparable countriesAfghanistanIGE 53.6 · distance 10.6

Comparable countries

Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).

What would move the score

  • Chokepoints±2.5 points
  • Sanctions±2.5 points
  • Commodity concentration±2.0 points
  • Institutional fragility±1.5 points
  • Sovereign stress±1.5 points

Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.

Sub-indices against the regional and global mean

CountryRegional meanGlobal mean

Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026

History by edition

Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.

Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026

Key factors

What drives the score

  • Designations under country programmes: 356 (2026), risk percentile 100.source
  • Rule of law (WGI): 29.5 (2025), risk percentile 100.source
  • Fuel share of imports: 28.2 % (2025), risk percentile 93.source
  • New conflict displacements per 1,000 people: 23.66 (2025), risk percentile 90.source

Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.

How it is calculated

Weights, coverage and provenance

Chokepoints43Effective 25 %
Sanctions79Effective 25 %
Commodity concentration31Effective 20 %
Institutional fragility81Effective 15 %
Sovereign stress34Effective 15 %

5 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · 42.7

How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.

Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025)21.1 % of GDP · percentile 40
Total chokepoint exposure (2025)36.9 % of GDP · percentile 33
Net energy import dependence (2024)0 % · percentile 0
Fuel share of imports (2025)28.2 % · percentile 93
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)no · percentile 0
Logistics performance (LPI) (2018)2.3 · percentile 89

Sanctions · 78.9

Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.

Jurisdiction-level sanctions regime (2026)targeted regime · percentile 30
Designations linked to the country (2026)384 · percentile 93
Designations under country programmes (2026)356 · percentile 100
Entities under US export controls (2026)18 · percentile 71
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)47.3 · percentile 100

Commodity concentration · 31.0

Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.

Export concentration (HHI) (2025)0.29 · percentile 3
Import concentration (HHI) (2025)0.45 · percentile 37
Fuel and food share of imports (2025)38.6 % · percentile 61
Natural resource rents (2021)8.7 % of GDP · percentile 29
Terms-of-trade volatility (2024)9.2 % · percentile 25

Institutional fragility · 80.5

Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.

Rule of law (WGI) (2025)29.5 · percentile 100
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)28.5 · percentile 100
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)19.2 · percentile 100
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)21.7 · percentile 93
INFORM risk index (2026)6.7 · percentile 84
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 people (2025)4.25 · percentile 66
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2023)2.58 · percentile 7
New conflict displacements per 1,000 people (2025)23.66 · percentile 90
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)81.7 · percentile 84
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 33.8

Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.

Reserves in months of imports (2019)3.3 months · percentile 83
Current account balance (2019)0.1 % of GDP · percentile 44
Annual inflation (2019)8.8 % · percentile 33
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2020)-9 % · percentile 0
External debt to GNI (2024)15.3 % · percentile 2
Debt service to exports (2024)7.4 % · percentile 11
Short-term debt to reserves (2023)0.5 % · percentile 0
Broad money to reserves (2020)7.1× · percentile 50
Interest payments to revenue (2019)9.6 % · percentile 34
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)44 · percentile 81