Youth literacy in Myanmar

In Myanmar, 96.4% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2020.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1983 to 2020 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Myanmar is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Myanmar, 2020 96.4% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 2019 +0.9percentage points 2019: 95.4%

Youth literacy in Myanmar over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2000 to 2020
Period Myanmar
2020 96.4%
2019 95.4%
2018 99.1%
2016 90.4%
2014 94.9%
2000 94.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 95.4% in 2019.
  • Since 1983, when it was 84.9%, the figure has changed by +11.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1983 to 2020 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