Myanmar Literacy Rate 1983-2025

Myanmar literacy rate for 2019 was 89.07%, a 13.52% increase from 2016.
  • Myanmar literacy rate for 2016 was 75.55%, a 14.39% decline from 2000.
  • Myanmar literacy rate for 2000 was 89.94%, a 11.37% increase from 1983.
  • Myanmar literacy rate for 1983 was 78.57%, a 78.57% increase from .
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.