Open Myanmar Initiative's Budget Explorer

OMI's Budget Explorer is designed to provide a simple tool for exploring Myanmar's published budget data in the interest of enhancing transparency and encouraging discussion and analysis of Myanmar's budget process and allocations.

For the purposes of ease-of-use, the tool is organized around a number of separate sections which allow the budget data to be viewed in specific ways, including:

  • State and Region Budget Summaries - Provides a summary of a State or Region's main published expenditure and revenue items.
  • Subnational Budget Explorer - Allows a user to compare an individual budget items and departments across multiple states and regions.
  • Union Budget Summary - Provides a user with the ability to examine an individual entry in the published Union government budget over time.
  • Budget Data Explorer - provides a simple way for exploring and downloading budget data according to a number of filters such as the budget year and classification.

    • Please note that OMI is currently in the process of refining the dashboard and expanding the available data. Questions and comments can be sent to Kaung Htet Kyaw.


    A Note on the Budget Data:

    All data has been obtained from published official gazettes approved by the relevant legislature. Although efforts have been made to check the figures, users should check published budgets to ensure figures are consistent with latest budget revisions. Those interested in learning more about Myanmar's budget process are directed to the following papers:

  • The Ministry of Finance's Citizen's Budget [Myanmar] Hosted by Spectrum
  • Union Budgets: Making Public Finance Work for Children Report [Myanmar] [English]
  • State and Region Budgets: State and Region Public Finances in Myanmar - [Myanmar] [English]

    • OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders. OMI would also like to thank the many researchers involved in translating and checking the budget data.

    State and Region Budget Summaries

    This page provides a summary of budgeted subnational income and expenditure (in millions of kyat). Income and expenditure categories are based on those reported in published budgets. Please note that data is not availabile for all States and Regions in more recent financial years

    Currently 2017-18 budget data is only available for Mon State, Kachin State, Kayin State, Sagaing Region, Ayeyawady Region, Mandalay Region, Bago Region, Taninthayi Region and Magway Region.

    Financial years are denoted by standard shorthand, such that the 2013-14 financial year is represented as '2014', the 2014-15 financial year is represented as '2015' and so on.

    Figures presented are based on those published in Myanmar's individual State and Region budget laws and represent budgeted expenditure and revenue. For a more detailed treatment of the topic please see State and Region Public Finances in Myanmar. Although efforts have been made to ensure figures are accurate, users are advised to check numbers against published budget laws.Please report all errors to the Dash-Master.

    OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders.

    Subnational Budget Explorer

    This page provides a summary of subnational expenditure and income by financial year and budget entry (in millions of kyat).

    Currently 2016-17 budget data is only available for Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Shan State, Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, Taninthayi Region and Yangon Region.

    Financial years are denoted by standard shorthand, such that the 2013-14 financial year is represented as '2014', the 2014-15 financial year is represented as '2015' and so on.




    Figures presented are based on those published in Myanmar's individual State and Region budget laws and represent budgeted expenditure and revenue. For a more detailed treatment of the topic please see State and Region Public Finances in Myanmar. Although efforts have been made to ensure figures are accurate, users are advised to check numbers against published budget laws.Please report all errors to the Dash-Master.

    OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders.

    Union Budget Explorer

    This page provides summaries of Union budgeted expenditure and income (in millions of kyat).

    Financial years are denoted by standard shorthand, such that the 2013-14 financial year is represented as '2014', the 2014-15 financial year is represented as '2015' and so on.






    Figures presented are based on Myanmar's Union budget laws. Although efforts have been made to ensure figures are accurate, users are advised to check numbers against published budget laws. Please report all errors to the Dash-Master.

    OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders.

    Budget Data Explorer

    This page allows for the Union, state and region budget data to be viewed in greater detail by applying specific filters using the dropdown menus below. Data can also be downloaded in a csv format in full or as specified by the chosen filters.

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    Figures presented are based on those published in Myanmar's individual State and Region budget laws and represent budgeted expenditure and revenue. For a more detailed treatment of the topic please see State and Region Public Finances in Myanmar. Although efforts have been made to ensure figures are accurate, users are advised to check numbers against published budget laws.Please report all errors to the Dash-Master.

    OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders.

    Download selected Download all

    Figures presented are based on Myanmar's Union budget laws. Although efforts have been made to ensure figures are accurate, users are advised to check numbers against published budget laws. Please report all errors to the Dash-Master.

    OMI's Budget explorer was developed by Ewan Keith, Loren Velasquez and Giles Dickenson-Jones with the help of Statistics Without Borders.