Myanmar units of measurement
Burmese unit system
The traditional Burmese units of measurement is a system of measurement used in Myanmar.
Myanmar was one of three countries that had not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures according to the 2010 CIA Factbook. However, in June 2011, U Kyaw Htoo from the Myanmar government's Ministry of Commerce began discussing proposals to reform the measurement system in Myanmar and adopt the kilogram for domestic trade, reasoning that this would simplify foreign trade which it conducts exclusively in metric; and in October 2013, Pwint San, Deputy Minister for Commerce, announced that the country was preparing to adopt the metric system.
As of 2008, the traditional unit of measurement, 'basket', remains widely used in Myanmar's agriculture production.
Length
Mass
Volume
Money
Adoption of SI (metric) system
In October 2013, the Ministry of Commerce announced that Myanmar was preparing to adopt the International System of Units (SI) as the country's official system of measurement.
Examples of metrication in Myanmar include weather forecasts by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology being given with temperatures in Celsius. Petrol in Myanmar is sold with prices in Burmese kyat per litre (K/L). Speed limits in Myanmar are given by law in kilometres per hour (km/h).
See also
Myanmar
Burmese alphabet
Burmese language
Notes
References
Bibliography
"Myanmar, Metric and British equivalents in weights & measures". Myanmar–English Dictionary.
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