Qualified primary teachers in Myanmar

In Myanmar, 95.3% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest since 2004.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 1999 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Myanmar is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Myanmar, 2018 95.3% % of primary teachers
Change from 2014 −4.2percentage points 2014: 99.5%

Qualified primary teachers in Myanmar over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2018
Period Myanmar
2018 95.3%
2014 99.5%
2010 99.9%
2009 98.9%
2008 99.0%
2007 99.0%
2006 98.3%
2004 76.4%
2003 73.7%
2002 72.5%
2001 60.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 99.5% in 2014, a change of −4.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 60.4%, the figure has changed by +34.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2018 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