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Myanmar

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Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    121

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    2.5

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    91%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    46

  • Population

    54.9 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
  • +11.6 million refugees and asylum-seekers have fled the countryUNHCR

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    1

  • Violence incidents, 30 days

    1

  • Refugees who fled

    1 592 202

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Myanmar, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 94%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 6%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
5.4%
2023
Refugees who fled
1,592,202
2025
Refugees hosted
—
2025
Internally displaced
3,628,840
2025
Sanctions designations
383
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,489
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence25

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-30Vumkhum village in Mindat TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — CPU00Khonumthung News
2026-08-26Meezar Village, Paletwa TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA22Development Media Group
2026-08-25near Ekarat village in Waw TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF30Mizzima News
2026-08-24Sein Nyin Wa Village, Paletwa TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA55AAPP
2026-08-23near Shwegu’s Palaungtaung VillageGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11Kachin News Group
2026-08-23 – 2026-08-24Kyuntaw, a riverside village near Shwegu TownGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF44Network Media Group
2026-08-22Kan Hpyu Village in Wetlet TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11AAPP
2026-08-21a monastery hall in Swea Lwe Oh Village, Myaung TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF1515Associated Press Newswires, Mizzima News, Network Media Group
2026-08-21 – 2026-08-27a monastery chapel in Shwegu’s Sithaw villageGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11Network Media Group
2026-08-21across Thandwe TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA00Development Media Group
2026-08-20Tha Pyay Thar Village, Kanbalu TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF21AAPP
2026-08-19Hlaytinu villageGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF22Network Media Group, AAPP
2026-08-19Zee Pyaung Village in Kyaikto TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11AAPP
2026-08-19 – 2026-08-20near Gok Gyi village, along the Ann–Padan highwayGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA10Narinjara
2026-08-18a gold mining site near Maing Tone Tar Gyi Village, Pinlebu TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF66AAPP
2026-08-18near Segyi Monastery in Ku Kaung Village in Wetlet TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11AAPP
2026-08-17Thaung Pu Village, Kyaukkyi TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF10AAPP
2026-08-16Kinpan Village in the Pinlebu TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF20Kachin News Group
2026-08-16Shwe Ba Yet Village in Singu TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF10AAPP
2026-08-16near the coastal city of ThandweGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA22Network Media Group, AAPP
2026-08-16 – 2026-08-18Pan Kone Pin Village in Nyaung-U TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — Civilians33AAPP
2026-08-15Saw TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF33AAPP
2026-08-15near Gotegyi Village, along Ann-Padan RoadGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — ULA00Development Media Group, Narinjara
2026-08-14Sin Thay Village in Singu TownshipGovernment of Myanmar (Burma) — SCEF11AAPP
2026-08-14Ngape TownshipUnidentified armed group (Myanmar (Burma)) — Unidentified armed group (Myanmar (Burma))30Mizzima News

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days4

  • Myanmar (Burma): Government81
  • Myanmar (Burma): Arakan45
  • Government of Myanmar (Burma) - Civilians8
  • Unidentified armed group (Myanmar (Burma))3

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Myanmar (Burma): Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Naypyidaw

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2924…2854.2 mm36 km/hheavy rainthunderstorm
Wed, Sep 3023…2825.3 mm41 km/hthunderstorm
Thu, Oct 124…312.7 mm26 km/h
Fri, Oct 224…323.6 mm21 km/hthunderstorm
Sat, Oct 324…318.7 mm24 km/hthunderstorm
Sun, Oct 424…315.9 mm25 km/hthunderstorm
Mon, Oct 523…2810.7 mm19 km/hthunderstorm

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets6

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice (low quality) / KG2,510 MMK1.20+13%
Salt / KG1,948 MMK0.94+59%
Oil (palm) / L11,016 MMK5.26+27%
Pulses / KG6,120 MMK2.92+22%
Onions (local) / KG4,590 MMK2.19+150%
Tomatoes (local) / KG3,672 MMK1.75+41%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)