INVESTMENT | ANALYSIS
Investment is an important factor to sustain economic growth. Thus, Myanmar has encouraged domestic and foreign investors to invest in various economic sectors.

MYANMAR CITIZENS INVESTMENT
From 1994 to June 2022, a total number of 1,877 Myanmar citizen enterprises with a total pledge amount of 22,810,009.88 million kyats were permitted for investment. In 2020-2021, 114 enterprises with pledge amount of 1,972,014.72 million kyats were permitted for Myanmar citizen investment. During 2021-2022, 51 enterprises with pledge amount of 509,143.24 million kyats were permitted for Myanmar Citizen. The leading sectors for investment in 2021-2022 were manufacturing with 26.45%, construction with 20.29% and power with 16.96%.

FOREIGN INVESTMENT
From 1988 to June 2022, a total number of 2188 foreign enterprises from 52 countries with a total pledge amount of 91,106.69 million US$ were permitted for investment. In 2020-2021, 140 enterprises with pledge amount of 4,052.02 million US$ were permitted for foreign investment. During 2021-2022, 59 enterprises with pledge amount of 3,380.94 million US$ were permitted for foreign investment. The leading sectors for investment in 2021-2022 were power with 75.33%, manufacturing with 8.12% and transport and communication with 5.3%. The leading countries of permitted investment were United Kingdom that accounted for 74.09%, Singapore for 13.42% and China for 4.71% in 2021-2022.
After enacting the Special Economic Zone Law (2014), the 122 enterprises from 21 countries were permitted for investment in the Special Economic Zone. In June 2022, The Republic of Korea invested 3.00 million US$ for manufacturing sector.

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