Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education was 55.1% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 55.1% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh peaked at 95.3% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 55.1%, in 2005.
That places Bangladesh 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 92.9% | — |
| 1965 | 94.1% | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 94.3% | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 95.3% | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 87.7% | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 85.7% | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 79.0% | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 65.7% | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 59.8% | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 55.1% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 55.1% | +0.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 55.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40.2%, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 55.1% is below the median for South Asia, which is 58.3%, 95% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93.5% | 92.9% | 94.1% | 2 |
| 1970s | 94.8% | 94.3% | 95.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 86.7% | 85.7% | 87.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 72.4% | 65.7% | 79.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 57.4% | 55.1% | 59.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 55.1% | 55.1% | 55.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 571,690 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 387,056 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education in Bangladesh was 55.1% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 95.3% in 1975.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.1% in 2005.
- How does Bangladesh rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education?
- Bangladesh ranks 26th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 45-49 with no education