Myanmar
East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income· 54.13M inhabitants
Last updated: July 1, 2025
Fragile/Conflict-Affected Country: This country is classified as experiencing conflict. Data may not reflect the current situation due to instability.
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Myanmar
Myanmar is significantly behind global peers in every GEFRI dimension: Infrastructure (46, 27th percentile), School Access and Gender Parity (42, 38th percentile), Human Capital (40, 28th percentile), Innovation (27, 16th percentile), and Governance (13, 7th percentile). This profile signals deep-rooted structural challenges. Urgent and comprehensive reforms, investments, and capacity building are required to leapfrog beyond its present situation and avoid falling further behind. The country’s potential for future generations has yet to be unlocked.
Composite GEFRI Score
33.54
27th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity41.89
Below global avg. · 38th %-tile
Innovation26.79
Below global avg. · 16th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital40.07
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure45.57
Below global avg. · 27th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance13.39
Below global avg. · 7th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Regional peers: East Asia & Pacific
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Korea, Rep. | 80.49 |
| 4 | 2 | Singapore | 79.66 |
| 6 | 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.05 |
| 8 | 4 | Australia | 78.42 |
| 10 | 5 | Japan | 78.25 |
| 17 | 6 | New Zealand | 75.41 |
| — | — | Northern Mariana Islands(microstate) | 71.23 |
| — | — | New Caledonia(microstate) | 70.42 |
| — | — | Guam(microstate) | 69.37 |
| — | — | American Samoa(microstate) | 68.93 |
| — | — | French Polynesia(microstate) | 68.41 |
| 45 | 7 | China | 64.25 |
| 48 | 8 | Thailand | 62.96 |
| 49 | 9 | Malaysia | 62.68 |
| 57 | 10 | Brunei Darussalam | 60.96 |
| 61 | 11 | Indonesia | 59.35 |
| 63 | 12 | Mongolia | 59.27 |
| 67 | 13 | Macao SAR, China | 57.83 |
| — | — | Palau(microstate) | 57.60 |
| — | — | Tuvalu(microstate) | 57.31 |
| 70 | 14 | Viet Nam | 56.58 |
| 72 | 15 | Fiji | 56.51 |
| 74 | 16 | Philippines | 56.32 |
| — | — | Nauru(microstate) | 54.97 |
| — | — | Kiribati(microstate) | 52.36 |
| — | — | Samoa(microstate) | 51.55 |
| — | — | Tonga(microstate) | 50.38 |
| 106 | 17 | Timor-Leste | 47.76 |
| — | — | Micronesia, Fed. Sts.(microstate) | 46.58 |
| 110 | 18 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 44.79 |
| — | — | Marshall Islands(microstate) | 44.62 |
| 122 | 19 | Vanuatu | 40.07 |
| 126 | 20 | Cambodia | 36.21 |
| 131 | 21 | Myanmar | 33.54 |
| 132 | 22 | Solomon Islands | 33.52 |
| 136 | 23 | Lao PDR | 31.98 |
| 150 | 24 | Papua New Guinea | 26.63 |