Myanmar

Very limited scholarship has focused on ASM in Myanmar, while it is expected that, after China and India, Myanmar hosts one of the largest ASM populations in Asia, estimated at 521,000 people. The country is the largest producer of jade (90% of the world supply) and rubies (85% of the world supply) and the third largest producer of tin since 2014. These deposits, as well as gold, are primarily being mined by the ASM sector, although exploration activities have been growing dramatically in the past decade.