School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar
Myanmar: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes was 9.7 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar is 9.7 years, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar peaked at 9.7 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5.25 years, in 1977.
Myanmar ranks 157th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5.57 years | — |
| 1972 | 5.36 years | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 5.52 years | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 5.32 years | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 5.25 years | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 5.41 years | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 5.43 years | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 5.51 years | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 5.71 years | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 5.99 years | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 6.1 years | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 6.12 years | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 6.02 years | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 6.07 years | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 6.34 years | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 6.3 years | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 6.45 years | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 5.75 years | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 6.37 years | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 6.91 years | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 6.99 years | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 7.1 years | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 7.02 years | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 6.74 years | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 7.11 years | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 7.12 years | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7.22 years | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 7.35 years | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 7.54 years | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 7.58 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 7.68 years | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 7.68 years | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.88 years | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 7.79 years | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 7.81 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 8.21 years | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 9.06 years | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 9.44 years | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 9.7 years | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.41 years | 5.25 years | 5.57 years | 7 |
| 1980s | 6.06 years | 5.51 years | 6.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.7 years | 5.75 years | 7.1 years | 7 |
| 2000s | 7.49 years | 7.11 years | 7.88 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.84 years | 7.81 years | 9.7 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 154 Côte d'Ivoire 9.91 years compare
- 155 Cayman Islands 9.86 years compare
- 156 Viet Nam 9.85 years compare
- 158 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.63 years compare
- 159 Mozambique 9.62 years compare
- 160 Papua New Guinea 9.62 years compare
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 school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes in Myanmar was 9.7 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.25 years in 1977.
- How does Myanmar rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
- Myanmar ranks 157th out of 197 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.