Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Myanmar
Myanmar: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 79.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
79.0%
Change on year
down 5.8%
World rank
84th
of 106 countries
All-time high
83.8%
in 2018
All-time low
74.2%
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Myanmar, 2015–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Myanmar stood at 79.0%.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 1.3% over five years.
Myanmar ranks 84th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Myanmar?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Myanmar was 79.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.2% in 2016.
- How does Myanmar rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Myanmar ranks 84th out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release