Education in Myanmar

138 indicators covering education for Myanmar.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 74.8% 2009 up 35.5% 128th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,703 2024 down 45.4% 46th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,717 2024 down 37.1% 48th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3,443 2024 down 10.7% 44th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 7,633 2024 up 28.9% 26th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 130.6% 2017 up 18.2% 14th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 139.9% 2017 up 21.4% 16th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.6% 2100 down 19.4% 32nd
Number of adults with no formal education by region 750,200 people 2100 down 23.6% 30th
Population by level of education 18.58 million people 2100 up 8.1% 40th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.3% 2010 down 36.0% 145th
Repeaters, primary, male 0.3% 2010 down 50.8% 151st
School enrollment, primary 97.9% 2018 up 9.0% 30th
Trained teachers in primary education 95.3% 2018 down 3.7% 67th
Over-age students, primary 8.8% 2018 down 5.1% 71st
Secondary education, teachers 86.2% 2018 up 2.6% 3rd
School enrollment, primary, female 88.4% 2010 down 0.3% 104th
School enrollment, primary, male 89.6% 2010 down 1.3% 105th
Over-age students, primary, male 9.0% 2018 down 1.3% 77th
Over-age students, primary, female 8.5% 2018 down 8.9% 69th
Compulsory education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 193rd
Progression to secondary school 72.8% 2006 up 6.6% 152nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.1% 2018 up 9.1% 57th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 95.1% 2018 down 3.8% 65th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 96.4% 2018 down 3.4% 56th
Primary education, pupils 48.6% 2018 down 2.2% 101st
Tertiary education, academic staff 84.5% 2018 up 2.8% 1st
Persistence to grade 5, female 77.5% 2009 up 40.4% 115th
Persistence to grade 5, male 72.2% 2009 up 30.6% 123rd
School enrollment, secondary 64.1% 2018 up 41.4% 108th
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Progression to secondary school, male 75.5% 2006 up 14.2% 139th
School enrollment, secondary, female 66.6% 2018 up 54.0% 104th
School enrollment, secondary, male 61.5% 2018 up 40.9% 108th
Progression to secondary school, female 70.3% 2006 down 0.6% 145th
Expenditure on tertiary education 14.6% 2019 down 23.5% 117th
Literacy rate, youth female 96.4% 2020 up 2.1% 63rd
Children out of school, primary 65,967 2010 down 80.9% 64th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 88.4% 2010 down 0.3% 118th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 89.6% 2010 down 1.3% 115th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 1.2% 23rd
Literacy rate, youth male 96.3% 2020 up 1.0% 53rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 24.36 2018 down 15.5% 72nd
Literacy rate, youth total 96.4% 2020 up 1.6% 55th
Expenditure on secondary education 38.4% 2019 up 63.0% 44th
Expenditure on primary education 36.3% 2019 down 28.0% 58th
Secondary education, pupils 51.9% 2018 up 4.0% 16th
Children out of school, primary, female 13,676 2009 down 90.8% 91st
Children out of school, primary, male 65,562 2009 down 66.6% 57th
Literacy rate, adult total 93.5% 2020 up 3.5% 42nd
Literacy rate, adult male 94.6% 2020 up 1.1% 40th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 81.4% 2018 up 56.3% 68th
Trained teachers in secondary education 89.0% 2018 down 9.1% 60th
Adolescents out of school 10.6% 2018 down 71.9% 62nd
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 89.2% 2018 down 8.8% 59th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 87.9% 2018 down 10.7% 57th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 27.25 2018 down 21.0% 22nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 14.95 2018 down 14.9% 111th
Adolescents out of school, female 7.4% 2018 down 80.7% 77th
Adolescents out of school, male 13.6% 2018 down 67.0% 62nd