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Education · South Asia · Lower-middle income

Bangladesh: education in numbers

Pre-primary enrolment is 36.4% (2021), 130th of 176 in the world and 6th of 6 in South Asia. Primary enrolment is 106.5% (2024), 44th of 191 in the world and 4th of 6 in South Asia. Primary completion is 94.3% (2024), 86th of 168 in the world and 3rd of 6 in South Asia.

Pre-primary enrolment36.4%2021 · world 130/176 · region 6/6Primary enrolment106.5%2024 · world 44/191 · region 4/6Primary completion94.3%2024 · world 86/168 · region 3/6Secondary enrolment64.3%2024 · world 143/176 · region 6/6
Pre-primary enrolment
BangladeshSouth AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020Bangladesh36.4%South AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
Primary enrolment
BangladeshSouth AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
80%90%100%110%120%199520002005201020152020Bangladesh106.5%South AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
12 indicators

Education: Bangladesh in detail

Latest reported value, world rank and rank within South Asia; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.

IndicatorLatestWorld rankIn region~2000~2010~202010-year changeRegionIncome groupWorldSince 2000
Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross36.4%2021130/1766/617.7%13.1%45.6%+10.8 ppsince 201162.0%58.5%60.9%
Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross106.5%202444/1914/6·94.8%110.1%+11.7 ppsince 2010119.0%105.4%102.2%
Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group94.3%202486/1683/6·60.9%109.9%2021+33.4 ppsince 201094.4%88.0%88.0%
Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross64.3%2024143/1766/646.7%49.5%66.4%+8.7 ppsince 201376.9%68.0%77.3%
Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group73.8%2024123/1685/651.8%51.7%76.4%2021+10.6 ppsince 201386.6%73.7%77.9%
Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross23.7%2024122/1723/65.3%13.3%201122.7%+10.2 ppsince 201432.8%27.4%43.6%
Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age5.9%202468/1783/6·9.8%7.3%2022−3.9 ppsince 2010—8.3%—
Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+79.0%2022100/1413/647.5%200158.8%201174.9%+21.1 ppsince 201278.2%78.3%87.7%
Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–2493.4%202299/1486/6100.0%78.0%201194.5%+15.6 ppsince 201296.9%91.9%93.1%
Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary30.1201838/1733/6·43.030.12018−31%since 200833.228.923.4
Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP2.0%2024167/1845/62.1%2.1%20112.1%−0.1 ppsince 20142.9%3.4%3.6%
Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure11.9%2025109/1793/620.5%16.8%201115.0%−0.2 ppsince 201511.3%13.6%14.0%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.

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Worse than ten years ago

No rated indicator got worse over the decade.

Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).

neighbours

Bangladesh and its neighbours

Countries sharing a land border with Bangladesh. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.

IndicatorBangladeshIndiaMyanmar
Pre-primary enrolment36.4%202151.7%20218.5%2018
Primary enrolment106.5%2024111.0%2025120.2%2018
Primary completion94.3%202490.3%2025105.4%2018
Secondary enrolment64.3%202479.6%202577.0%2018
Lower secondary completion73.8%202488.0%202573.8%2018
Tertiary enrolment23.7%202434.4%202520.4%2018
Out-of-school children5.9%20240.1%20251.4%2010
Adult literacy79.0%202278.2%202493.5%2020
Youth literacy93.4%202297.3%202496.4%2020
India: educationMyanmar: education
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