Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 3.38 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh is 3.38, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh peaked at 3.38 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.77, in 1960.
Bangladesh ranks 120th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.77 | — |
| 1965 | 0.95 | +23.4% |
| 1970 | 1.02 | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 1.09 | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 1.62 | +48.6% |
| 1985 | 2 | +23.5% |
| 1990 | 2.18 | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 2.42 | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 2.74 | +13.2% |
| 2005 | 3.04 | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 3.38 | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.95 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.06 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.81 | 1.62 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.3 | 2.18 | 2.42 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.89 | 2.74 | 3.04 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.38 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 117 Mauritania 3.61 compare
- 118 Papua New Guinea 3.57 compare
- 119 Togo 3.55 compare
- 121 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.36 compare
- 122 India 3.3 compare
- 123 Haiti 3.25 compare
More education data for Bangladesh
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.77 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.07 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0961 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Bangladesh was 3.38 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 3.38 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.77 in 1960.
- How does Bangladesh rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Bangladesh ranks 120th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.