Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 31.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh stood at 31.9%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh peaked at 78.2% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 31.9%, in 2010.
That places Bangladesh 25th 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 population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 77.2% | — |
| 1965 | 77.9% | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 78.2% | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 77.4% | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 66.8% | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 59.3% | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 55.5% | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 50.8% | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 44.4% | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 38.6% | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 31.9% | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77.5% | 77.2% | 77.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 77.8% | 77.4% | 78.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 63.0% | 59.3% | 66.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 53.2% | 50.8% | 55.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.5% | 38.6% | 44.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 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 population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Bangladesh was 31.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 78.2% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.9% in 2010.
- How does Bangladesh rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Bangladesh ranks 25th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. 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 population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education