Myanmar's adult literacy rose from 78.6 % in 1983 to 93.5 % in 2020.
Myanmar's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 103.1 % in 1984 to 120.2 % in 2018.
Myanmar · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
30th of 43 · 8th in East Asia & Pacific*
Myanmar's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 84.9 % in 1983 to 96.4 % in 2020.
Myanmar's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 24.2 % in 1982 to 77.0 % in 2018.
Myanmar's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.7 % in 1971 to 20.4 % in 2018.
Myanmar's children out of school, primary fell from 1.38M in 1971 to 65,967 in 2010.
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- Primary completion rateup +11.6 pts11th of 138*
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.9 pts90th of 119*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +7.3 pts101st of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs147th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.6 yrs119th of 145
- Learning poverty32nd of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.0 pts154th of 167*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.4 pts135th of 163*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +5.7 %56th of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Myanmar.