Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar
Myanmar: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 16.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 16.9% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar peaked at 74.5% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 16.9%, in 2010.
Myanmar ranks 46th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 74.5% | — |
| 1965 | 71.0% | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 71.2% | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 68.9% | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 56.9% | -17.3% |
| 1985 | 47.3% | -17.0% |
| 1990 | 34.7% | -26.6% |
| 1995 | 29.3% | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 24.7% | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 21.2% | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 16.9% | -20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.8% | 71.0% | 74.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 70.0% | 68.9% | 71.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 52.1% | 47.3% | 56.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 32.0% | 29.3% | 34.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 21.2% | 24.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More education data for Myanmar
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 77,156 (2018)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.19 million (2018)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.30 million (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1014 units per person (2018)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.30 million (2018)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.64 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Myanmar was 16.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 74.5% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.9% in 2010.
- How does Myanmar rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Myanmar ranks 46th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education