Myanmar vs Sri Lanka: Literacy rates among adults

Myanmar

93.5%

in 2020

Sri Lanka

92.7%

in 2024

Myanmar rank

42nd

Sri Lanka rank

44th

Literacy rates among adults over time

Myanmar currently reports 93.5% against 92.7% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Myanmar ranks 42nd and Sri Lanka ranks 44th of 89 countries.

Indicator: Literacy rates among adults
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 916 data points, 1975–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.