Bangladesh vs India: Share of population with no formal education
Bangladesh
21.9%
in 2020
India
20.6%
in 2020
Bangladesh rank
17th
India rank
19th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 21.9% against 20.6% in India, a difference of 1.3%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 17th and India ranks 19th of 111 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 99.8% | 99.5% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1880s | 99.5% | 99.1% | 0.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1890s | 99.3% | 97.8% | 1.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1900s | 97.2% | 95.4% | 1.7% | Bangladesh |
| 1910s | 90.9% | 90.9% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 88.5% | 84.8% | 3.7% | Bangladesh |
| 1930s | 84.6% | 80.2% | 4.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1940s | 80.8% | 76.6% | 4.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1950s | 78.1% | 73.7% | 4.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 77.3% | 70.8% | 6.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 77.2% | 65.2% | 12.0% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 62.4% | 60.9% | 1.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 52.9% | 48.0% | 4.9% | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 40.1% | 38.4% | 1.8% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 28.1% | 27.5% | 0.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 20.6% | 1.3% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Bangladesh or India?
- Bangladesh, at 21.9% against 20.6% in India as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Bangladesh and India?
- 1.3%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th and India ranks 19th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.