Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar
Myanmar: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 4.09 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar is 4.09, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar peaked at 4.09 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.07, in 1965.
That places Myanmar 125th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.11 | — |
| 1965 | 1.07 | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 1.12 | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 1.12 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.68 | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 2.26 | +34.5% |
| 1990 | 2.43 | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 2.71 | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 3.1 | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 3.55 | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 4.09 | +15.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.97 | 1.68 | 2.26 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.57 | 2.43 | 2.71 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.33 | 3.1 | 3.55 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.09 | 4.09 | 4.09 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More education data for Myanmar
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 120.22 (2018)
- School enrollment, primary 120.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Myanmar was 4.09 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.09 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.07 in 1965.
- How does Myanmar rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Myanmar ranks 125th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. 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 total schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.