Economic Freedom Summary Index, Economic Freedom of the World, 25 Sep 2025
2023 overall score: 4.46, rank: 160
Territory in southeast Asia, ruled since 1989 by the Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The country's 2014 census counted the population to be 51 million people. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million. Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometers in size. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997.
Geographical type: Territory
Latitude: 22° N — Longitude: 96° E
Area: 676,578 km²
ISO 3166-2 code: MM
Measures of Freedom
Human Freedom Index [PDF], The Human Freedom Index 2023: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic Freedom
2021: 3.88, Rank: 162, Personal freedom: 2.84, Economic freedom: 5.33
2021: 3.88, Rank: 162, Personal freedom: 2.84, Economic freedom: 5.33
Myanmar: Country Profile, Freedom in the World, 2025
Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 7/100, Political Rights: 0/40, Civil Liberties: 7/60
Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 7/100, Political Rights: 0/40, Civil Liberties: 7/60
Military commanders seized control of Myanmar’s government in February 2021, ending a period of power sharing between military and civilian leaders under a 2008 constitution that had been drafted by a previous junta. Since the coup, the military has violently suppressed peaceful civic dissent and battled a sizable armed resistance movement that has widespread popular support and includes militias associated with various ethnic minority groups.
Articles
Orwell, George (1903-1950), by David Ramsay Steele, The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, 15 Aug 2008
Biographical essay
Biographical essay
Administratively, Burma was then part of India, and Blair was assigned to the Burmese police, where he served for 5 years. Home on leave in 1927, he abruptly resigned his position in Burma and announced his intention of becoming a writer. ... In 1934, Orwell published his powerful novel Burmese Days, which, like his previous work, was not an immediate success. It is difficult to be certain of Orwell's precise political views prior to 1936. For example, Burmese Days is fiercely anti-empire, but we do not know exactly how Orwell's attitudes toward the empire evolved during his stint in Burma and immediately afterward.
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