Crude death rate SEA 2021, by country
In 2021, Myanmar had the highest crude death rate among the Southeast Asian countries with 8.3 deaths per thousand population, followed by Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. In 2021, Brunei had the lowest crude death rate with 4.8 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 2019, health expenditure per capita in Myanmar amounted to 60.2 U.S. dollars which accounted for 4.7 percent of the GDP. In comparison, the Maldives had the lowest crude death rate in the Asia-Pacific region in the same period. There, health expenditure accounted for 13.73 percent of the country’s GDP. Furthermore, the share of undernourished people was at 7.6 percent in Myanmar in 2019. Within Southeast Asia, Myanmar has also been one of the poorest countries. In 2020, the country’s GDP per capita was estimated at about 1.5 thousand U.S. dollars, ranking it below Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India.
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 2019, health expenditure per capita in Myanmar amounted to 60.2 U.S. dollars which accounted for 4.7 percent of the GDP. In comparison, the Maldives had the lowest crude death rate in the Asia-Pacific region in the same period. There, health expenditure accounted for 13.73 percent of the country’s GDP. Furthermore, the share of undernourished people was at 7.6 percent in Myanmar in 2019. Within Southeast Asia, Myanmar has also been one of the poorest countries. In 2020, the country’s GDP per capita was estimated at about 1.5 thousand U.S. dollars, ranking it below Bangladesh, Vietnam, and India.
