Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.2% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2023.
That represents a change of up 174.3% on the previous year and down 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2021.
That places Bangladesh 49th out of 52 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.2% | — |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +38.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -87.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +174.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 383,624 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 106.5% (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 0.2% 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 0.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2021.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Bangladesh ranks 49th out of 52 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 49.1%. 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, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release