Primary school completion rate in Myanmar

The primary completion rate in Myanmar was 105.4% in 2018. The value for 2018 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1971 to 2018 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Myanmar is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Myanmar, 2018 105.4% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2010 +11.6percentage points 2010: 93.7%
World, 2018 88.1% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Myanmar over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period MyanmarWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 – 87.3%
2022 – 91.1%
2021 – 88.7%
2020 – 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 105.4% 88.1%
2017 – 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 – 87.9%
2014 – 88.1%
2013 – 88.3%
2012 – 88.1%
2011 – 87.8%
2010 93.7% 88.5%
2009 92.6% 89.0%
2008 92.2% 88.2%
2007 90.1% 86.5%
2006 89.0% 85.3%
2005 – 85.0%
2004 82.6% 84.2%
2003 80.3% 83.5%
2002 78.7% 83.3%
2001 78.5% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 93.7% in 2010, a change of +11.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 80.6%, the figure has changed by +24.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 88.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2018 for Myanmar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics