Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Myanmar
Myanmar: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 23.9% in 2019. β Volatile
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Myanmar, 1973β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 23.9% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 53.6% on the previous year and up 304.7% over five years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Myanmar peaked at 23.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 1973.
Myanmar ranks 118th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 13.8% | 5.9% | 23.9% | 4 |
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)
- School enrollment, primary 120.2% (2018)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Myanmar?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Myanmar was 23.9% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 1973.
- How does Myanmar rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Myanmar ranks 118th out of 140 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release