Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bangladesh, 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bangladesh stood at 2.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bangladesh peaked at 2.2% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1980.
That places Bangladesh 178th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 383,624 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.14 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 113.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bangladesh?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bangladesh was 2.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2007.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1980.
- How does Bangladesh rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Bangladesh ranks 178th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.