Myanmar (Burma)

Adult literacy in Myanmar (Burma)

Adult literacy in Myanmar (Burma): 78.6% in 1983 and 93.5% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2020
93.5%
Since 1983
+15 percentage points
World, 2020
87%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in Myanmar (Burma)Adult literacy in Myanmar (Burma): 78.6% in 1983 and 93.5% in 2020, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 95.8% in 2018, the lowest 78.6% in 1983.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 95.8% in 2018, the lowest 78.6% in 1983.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMyanmar (Burma)World
2024–87.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
202093.587
201989.186.8
201895.886.8
2017–86.5
201684.886.3
2015–86
201490.485.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200089.981.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
198378.669.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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