Myanmar vs Trinidad and Tobago: Share of the population with tertiary education
Myanmar
13.9%
in 2020
Trinidad and Tobago
12.0%
in 2020
Myanmar rank
60th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
63rd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Myanmar
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 13.9% against 12.0% in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 1.9%.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.2 times Trinidad and Tobago's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
Myanmar ranks 60th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 63rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 6 and Trinidad and Tobago in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Myanmar |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Myanmar |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 3.2% | 1.7% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 4.8% | 4.2% | 0.6% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 5.6% | 6.6% | 1.0% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 10.6% | 1.2% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 13.9% | 12.0% | 1.9% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Myanmar or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Myanmar, at 13.9% against 12.0% in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Myanmar and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 1.9%, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Myanmar and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Myanmar ranks 60th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 63rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.