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Win Myint

Win Myint

🌍Myanmar

Rank #277
Score: 48
About Win Myint

U Win Myint (b.1951) served as President of Myanmar (2018–2021) as a senior NLD figure and former speaker of the lower house. He was removed in the 2021 coup and has faced detention and legal action; his record is that of a career politician and parliamentarian during Myanmar’s brief democratic opening.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Myanmar HDI ~0.61 (country context)5/10
Source: UNDP Human Development Report — Myanmar data (2022)
GDP per capita
Myanmar GDP per capita context (World Bank series)5/10
Source: World Bank — Myanmar country data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini index — country inequality context3/10
Source: World Bank — Gini (Myanmar) (2014)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILOSTAT / national estimates)3/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Myanmar country profile (2022)
Freedom index
Freedom House — decline after 2021 coup (Win Myint detained after coup)1/10
Source: Freedom House — Myanmar country report (2023)
Corruption index
Transparency International — Myanmar CPI low (high perceived corruption)2/5
Source: Transparency International — Myanmar CPI (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
Detained/charged after the coup; public reporting of charges (no widely reported independent criminal convictions recorded in impartial courts)17/20
Source: Press reporting on post-coup detentions and charges (2021)