School age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar
Myanmar: School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.35 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar is 1.35 million, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar peaked at 1.52 million in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.35 million, in 2025.
That places Myanmar 10th out of 102 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.52 million | 1.51 million | 1.52 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million | 1.40 million | 1.51 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.39 million | 1.38 million | 1.41 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.37 million | 1.35 million | 1.40 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More education data for Myanmar
- 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 217,561 (2018)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.1 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.8% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Myanmar was 1.35 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million in 1997.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.35 million in 2025.
- How does Myanmar rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Myanmar ranks 10th out of 102 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release