In 2024, Myanmar had the highest crude death rate among the Southeast Asian countries, with 8.9 deaths per thousand population. That year, Singapore had the lowest crude death rate, with 5.4 deaths per thousand population.
Factors that influence the death rate
The death rate, also called mortality rate, is generally influenced by various factors such as the social environment, diseases, health facilities and services as well as the food supply of the respective countries. Myanmar’s government spent five percent of its public budget on health in 2016. In 2020, health expenditure per capita in Myanmar amounted to around 72 U.S. dollars.
The Maldives had the lowest crude death rate in the Asia-Pacific region in 2024. There, health expenditure accounted for 13.73 percent of the country’s GDP. Furthermore, the share of undernourished people was at around three percent in Myanmar in 2020. Within Southeast Asia, Myanmar has also been one of the poorest countries. In 2020, the country’s GDP per capita was estimated at 1.15 thousand U.S. dollars, the lowest across the Asia-Pacific region.
Crude death rate in Southeast Asia in 2024, by country
(in deaths per 1,000 population)
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UNESCAP. (July 11, 2024). Crude death rate in Southeast Asia in 2024, by country (in deaths per 1,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/615579/crude-death-rate-in-southeast-asia-2016-by-country/
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