Myanmar's foreign direct investment (FDI) has sharply declined since the country’s military seized power nearly five years ago, records and data from the junta’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) show.
FDI exceeded US $4.87 billion in 2019-2020, the last full fiscal year under the elected government of the National League for Democracy party, but declined to US $3.79 billion in the 2020-21 fiscal year following the coup, according to the records.
FDI levels continued to decline over the ensuing fiscal years, falling to US $690m in 2024-25. In the six months that have elapsed so far in the present 2025-26 fiscal year, FDI is less than half that amount, totalling US $248m.
This is despite continuing inflows of FDI from Myanmar’s neighbours, with the greatest amounts coming from China, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong and. . .
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