Bangladesh vs Nepal: Share of the population with tertiary education
Bangladesh
3.5%
in 2020
Nepal
2.8%
in 2020
Bangladesh rank
93rd
Nepal rank
95th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 3.5% against 2.8% in Nepal, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.2 times Nepal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Nepal ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 93rd and Nepal ranks 95th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 10 and Nepal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Bangladesh |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.9% | 0.2% | Nepal |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 4.2% | 1.2% | Nepal |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 4.0% | 0.6% | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.5% | 1.3% | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 2.8% | 0.7% | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Bangladesh or Nepal?
- Bangladesh, at 3.5% against 2.8% in Nepal as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Bangladesh and Nepal?
- 0.7%, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Nepal?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Bangladesh and Nepal rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Bangladesh ranks 93rd and Nepal ranks 95th 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.