What is the difference in primary education, pupils between Bangladesh and IDA total?

247.20 million, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and IDA total?

34 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Primary education, pupils. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs IDA total: Primary education, pupils

Bangladesh

16.69 million

in 2024

IDA total

263.89 million

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

9th

IDA total rank

8th

Primary education, pupils over time

Bangladesh
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 263.89 million against 16.69 million in Bangladesh, a difference of 247.20 million.

That makes IDA total's figure about 15.8 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 8th of 207 countries.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1970s	7.40 million	55.92 million	48.52 million	IDA total
1980s	9.23 million	86.42 million	77.20 million	IDA total
1990s	11.94 million	96.68 million	84.74 million	IDA total
2000s	16.29 million	182.64 million	166.35 million	IDA total
2010s	17.17 million	224.00 million	206.83 million	IDA total
2020s	16.93 million	257.87 million	240.93 million	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, Bangladesh or IDA total?: IDA total, at 263.89 million against 16.69 million in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils between Bangladesh and IDA total?: 247.20 million, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and IDA total?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and IDA total rank globally for primary education, pupils?: Bangladesh ranks 9th and IDA total ranks 8th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Primary education, pupils. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Primary education, pupils
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.