Myanmar
Background Information
Region
East Asia & Pacific
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
27% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
4,572,885 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
5,945,668 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
16%
Source: UNSDG, 2015
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
28
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
15%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
71%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
5
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2019
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 64%
(2018)
-
Lower secondary 67%
(2018)
-
Upper secondary 75%
(2018)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 84%
-
Male 82%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 44%
-
Male 43%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 20%
-
Male 13%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 7%
-
Male 5%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 17%
-
Male 16%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 51%
-
Male 55%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Programs Back to Top
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Decentralizing Funding to Schools Project
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Project/Program
Educational Empowerment
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
UNESCO-China Hainan Airlines Project
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology