Lower secondary completion in Myanmar

Name: Lower secondary completion in Myanmar
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Myanmar, 44.8% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2016.

Completion rate, lower secondary education % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2016 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Myanmar is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Myanmar, 2016 44.8% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age

Change from 2000 +18.9percentage points 2000: 25.9%

Lower secondary completion in Myanmar over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2016
Period	Myanmar
2016	44.8%
2000	25.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 25.9% in 2000, a change of +18.9 percentage points.

More for Myanmar

All statistics for Myanmar

Primary completion (UIS) 83.1% 2016 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 16.8% 2016 · UNESCO UIS ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 16.3% 2025 · ILOSTAT Out-of-school children 1.4% 2010 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 10.6% 2018 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 36.1% 2018 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2000 to 2016 for Myanmar
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Myanmar by sex

Total 44.8%2016
Girls 45.0%2016
Boys 44.6%2016

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What this measures

Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of lower secondary school who have completed lower secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.

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