Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male was 0.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.1% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2023.
The figure is down 16.2% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh peaked at 0.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2021.
Bangladesh ranks 61st of 64 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.1% | — |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +59.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -88.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | +135.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -16.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +135.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2021 | -88.9% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | +59.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.61 (2018)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 94.14 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh was 0.1% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2021.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Bangladesh ranks 61st out of 64 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release