Vehicle registration plates of Myanmar

Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Current regular legal standard number plate from Myanmar.
Country	Myanmar
Country code	MYA [1]
Current series
Serial format	Not standard
Colour (front)	White on red
Colour (rear)	White on red
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A private vehicle plate.

Vehicle Registration Plates of Myanmar (Burma) were introduced in 1999 and are administered by the Road Transport Administration Department. The latest format of the plates was introduced in July 2021.

The current plates contain a three letter regional code followed by a numeral representing the township (such as YGN-38 for Yangon Region, Dagon Township) above a six character alphanumeric serial number, and the make and model of the registered vehicle below the serial number. ^[2]

A commercial vehicle plate.

Initially registered with Burmese characters, the department began using Latin characters in September 2013. ^[2] There are several types of license plates in Myanmar, colored differently depending on vehicle and service as shown in the table below:

Vehicle type	Background colour	Text colour
Embassies, Organisations	White	Black
Religious	Yellow	Black
Touring	Blue	White
Private	Black	White
Hire Vehicles, Trailers	Red	White
Volunteer Service	Green	White
Hearse	Black	White

Regional codes

State/Region	Code	Township numeral	Example
Ayeyarwady	AYY	1–26	AYY-5 (Pathein)
Bago	BGO	1–28	BGO-2 (Taungoo)
Chin	CHN	1–9	CHN-9 (Hakha)
Kayah	KYH	1–7	KYH-7 (Loikaw)
Kachin	KCN	1–18	KCN-16 (Myitkyina)
Kayin	KYN	1–7	KYN-4 (Hpa-an)
Magway	MGY	1–25	MGY-12 (Magway)
Mandalay	MDY	1–28	MDY-18 (Amarapura)
Mon	MON	1–10	MON-4 (Mawlamyine)
Naypyitaw	NPW	1–8	NPW-1 (Zabuthiri)
Rakhine	RKE	1–17	RKE-5 (Sittwe)
Sagaing	SGG	1–37	SGG-28 (Monywa)
Shan	SHN	1–55	SHN-18 (Taunggyi)
Tanintharyi	TNI	1–10	TNI-3 (Dawei)
Yangon	YGN	1–45	YGN-13 (North Dagon)

License plates

Example plates

Vehicle type	Current format [2]	Older formats [3] [4]
Private	---YGN-36--- 7K-3881 TOYOTA CROWN	---YGN--- 1A-1234 ၁က/၁၂၃၄
Hire vehicle, truck	---YGN-12--- 1A-1234 NISSAN DIESEL
Religious	---YGN-12--- RLG-1234 TOYOTA MARK II	---YGN--- RLG-1234
Vehicle from industrial zones	---YGN-12--- 8A-1234 I-ZONE
Taxis	---YGN-12--- AA-1234 TOYOTA PROBOX	ကက/၁၂၃၄
Volunteer service	---YGN-12--- AA-1234 TOYOTA VITZ
UN and its organizations	---YGN-12--- UN 12-34 BMW X5	UN 12-34 ဖွဲ့ ၁၂/၃၄
Embassies (diplomats)	---YGN-12--- CD 12-34 BMW X5	CD 12-34 သံ ၁၂/၃၄
Non-UN international organisations	---YGN-12--- IO-1234 HONDA FIT
Touring vehicle	---YGN-12--- 1A-1234 SENOVA
Hearse	---YGN-12--- HSE-1234 TOYOTA HIACE	---YGN--- HSE-1234
Tractor	---MDY--- 1A-12345
Three-wheel motorcycle	MDY-17 U 1234	ဟ ၁၂၃၄၅
Motorcycle	MDY-84 W 12345	၂၃ ယ ၁၂၃၄၅

Wa State

Wa State, an autonomous self-governing state located in the east of the country, has its own license plate design. The passenger license plates have two letters, a hyphen and four to six digits, and the first letter always starts with W. Dimensions and colors are the same as those in the rest of Myanmar.

Gallery

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  Private vehicle registration plate
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  Commercial vehicle registration plate
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  Touring vehicle registration plate
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  Army vehicle registration plate
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  Motorcycle registration plate
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  Rickshaw registration plate

References

1. "Convention on Road Traffic". United Nations Treaty Collection. 8 November 1968. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
2. "အင်္ဂလိပ်အက္ခရာဖေါင်းကြွနံပါတ်ပြားတပ်ဆင်ခြင်း" [Installing license plates with English characters] (in Burmese). Road Transport Administration Department.
3. "License Plates of Myanmar". worldlicenseplates.com. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
4. "Vehicle Information". myanmarrtad.com (in English and Burmese). Road Transportation Administration Department. Retrieved 2020-07-05.