The 2017 Myanmar Living Conditions Survey Poverty Report What does poverty look like in 2017? How has poverty changed between 2005 and 2017? 60 Poverty Headcount (%) 58.0 Between 2005 and 2017… Although poverty has declined, In Myanmar the share of the population living in poverty has halved vulnerability has increased by 18% 1 in 4 people is poor 41.6 40 36.6 35.6 Rural poverty has Poverty Headcount (%) 48.2 declined by 31.7 32.0 In urban areas 32.9 44% Vulnerable Share (%) 30.7 42.4 28.6 1 in 10 people is poor 32.1 29.7 28.2 22.1 27.8 27.8 19.2 24.8 20 17.4 13.2 13.2 13.7 In rural areas 3 in 10 people are poor Urban poverty has declined by 0 Tanintharyi, Mandalay, and 2005 2010 2015 2017 2005 2010 2015 2017 65% Yangon i y on go on aw n Sa n ey ng y h ay in ne n ry la ad yi a ya hi ch ha w ng Ba M Sh i hi da iT Ka ga C w Ka ag Regions are Ka ak nt Ya ar an Py M R ni M Ta ay least poor Ay N What are the characteristics of the poor? Chin and Rakhine States Share of Total Poor are poorest in Myanmar (%) 87% Ayeyarwady of poor live in Region, Shan rural areas State, and Sagaing Region have the most poor inhabitants (1.5 million+ each) 1 in 3 Households that own land or Poor households own fewer The poor have a limited access have diversified from agricultural of people vulnerable to The household head’s work have higher welfare modern assets to a range of basic services falling into poverty level of education is Landless agricultural 86% of non-poor households 57% of non-poor households strongly correlated to households are 3.5 times more have access to a concrete household welfare own a mobile phone, compared Note: Outreach activities took place over the 12 months of data collection, but it was not possible to interview in northern parts of Rakhine State likely to be poor than non- with 64% of poor households road, compared with 40% of (Maungdaw and Buthidaung) and the Wa Self- Administered Division agricultural households poor households