Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.

Myanmar
62.8%
in 2010
Papua New Guinea
67.3%
in 2010
Myanmar rank
3rd
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. over time

  • Myanmar
  • Papua New Guinea
204060196019852010

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 67.3% against 62.8% in Myanmar, a difference of 4.5%.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 144 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 20.3% 14.6% 5.6% Myanmar
1970s 19.9% 20.5% 0.5% Papua New Guinea
1980s 33.1% 25.9% 7.2% Myanmar
1990s 61.6% 38.6% 23.0% Myanmar
2000s 68.2% 63.0% 5.2% Myanmar
2010s 62.8% 67.3% 4.4% Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling., Myanmar or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 67.3% against 62.8% in Myanmar as of 2010.
What is the difference in barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. between Myanmar and Papua New Guinea?
4.5%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Papua New Guinea?
11 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2010.
How do Myanmar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for barro-lee: percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.?
Myanmar ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-25-29-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete-and/myanmar/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-25-29-with-primary-schooling-total-incomplete-and/myanmar/papua-new-guinea/">Myanmar vs Papua New Guinea: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling.</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)
Unit
Incomplete and Completed Primary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Percentage of population age 25-29 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)