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Burma (Myanmar)

Literacy Rate

89.07
percent
Source: IMF
86
Namibia91.53
87
Mauritius91.33
88
Bahrain90.98
92
Zimbabwe88.69
93
Honduras88.51
94
Swaziland88.42
95
Jamaica88.1
96
Vanuatu87.51
18
Vietnam95.75
19
Malaysia94.97
20
Thailand93.77
21
Sri Lanka92.25
23
Laos84.66
24
Cambodia80.53
25
Bangladesh74.91
26
India74.37
27
Nepal67.91

Definition of Literacy Rate

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.

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