Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar
Myanmar: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total was 4.11 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 4.11 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar peaked at 4.11 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.95, in 1960.
That places Myanmar 108th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.95 | — |
| 1965 | 1.13 | +18.9% |
| 1970 | 1.08 | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 1.43 | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 1.94 | +35.7% |
| 1985 | 2.17 | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 2.43 | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 3.28 | +35.0% |
| 2000 | 3.63 | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 3.99 | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 4.11 | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 | 0.95 | 1.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.25 | 1.08 | 1.43 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.05 | 1.94 | 2.17 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.85 | 2.43 | 3.28 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.81 | 3.63 | 3.99 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.11 | 4.11 | 4.11 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More education data for Myanmar
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 217,561 (2018)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total in Myanmar was 4.11 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.11 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.95 in 1960.
- How does Myanmar rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Myanmar ranks 108th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 20-24.