What share of adults can do arithmetic in Yangon Region?

The 2019 numeracy rate (able to do simple arithmetic) among adults aged 15 and over in Yangon Region was 95.0% (men 96.7%, women 93.6%), against 89.5% across Myanmar.

Education in Yangon, Myanmar: official figures

In 2019 95.4% of adults aged 15 and over in Yangon Region could read and write (men 97.1%, women 94.0%), against 89.1% nationally; that is the highest of 15 states and regions.

How many people in Yangon Region have never been to school?

5.8% of people aged 3 and over in Yangon Region had never attended school in 2019 (5.2% of males, 6.3% of females), against 11.0% for Myanmar; this is the lowest of 15.

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

What was the literacy rate in Yangon Region in the 2014 census?

The 2014 census recorded a literacy rate of 96.6% among people aged 15 and over in Yangon Region (men 98.0%, women 95.5%), with 176,633 adults who could not read and write; the national rate was 89.5%.

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Immigration and Population · saved copy

Is there a gap between men and women in literacy in Yangon Region?

Literacy among women in Yangon Region was 3.1 percentage points below that of men in 2019 (94.0% against 97.1%); across Myanmar the gap was 6.1 points.

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

Has literacy in Yangon Region improved?

Measured literacy among adults in Yangon Region was 96.6% in the 2014 census and 95.4% in the 2019 survey (-1.2 points). The two sources use different survey methods, so small changes should be read with care.

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

How Yangon compares with other regions

Adult literacy rate (aged 15+) (2019)

Yangon ranks 1 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Adult literacy rate (aged 15+)
1	Yangon	95.4%
2	Mandalay	92.9%
3	Nay Pyi Taw	92.5%
4	Sagaing	91.9%
5	Ayeyawady	91.9%
6	Bago	91.6%
7	Tanintharyi	90.9%

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

Adult numeracy rate (aged 15+) (2019)

Yangon ranks 1 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Adult numeracy rate (aged 15+)
1	Yangon	95.0%
2	Mandalay	92.5%
3	Nay Pyi Taw	92.3%
4	Sagaing	91.9%
5	Magway	90.7%
6	Kayah	90.6%
7	Ayeyawady	90.1%

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

Share of people aged 3+ who never attended school (2019)

Yangon ranks 15 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Share of people aged 3+ who never attended school
9	Nay Pyi Taw	8.9%
10	Kachin	8.6%
11	Bago	8.6%
12	Mandalay	8.3%
13	Ayeyawady	8.3%
14	Tanintharyi	8.2%
15	Yangon	5.8%

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population · saved copy

Adult literacy rate (aged 15+), census (2014)

Yangon ranks 1 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Adult literacy rate (aged 15+), census
1	Yangon	96.6%
2	Nay Pyi Taw	94.4%
3	Bago	94.2%
4	Mandalay	93.8%
5	Ayeyawady	93.8%
6	Sagaing	93.7%
7	Tanintharyi	92.8%

Source: Department of Population, Ministry of Immigration and Population · saved copy

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Sources

Department of Population, Ministry of Immigration and Population: The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, The Union Report, Census Report Volume 2 (Tables 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16 and 17), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b9340ade6cad…)
Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population: The 2019 Inter-censal Survey, Appendix Tables (A-2, A-4, A-9, A-10, B-2, B-7, C-1, F-2, H-1, H-3, H-10 and I-12 by State/Region), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f09f9e2de673…)

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