Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.6729 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh, 1981–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.6729 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh peaked at 0.6729 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2191 LPIA, in 1981.
Bangladesh ranks 54th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2191 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.3729 LPIA | +70.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5375 LPIA | +44.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5378 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.5305 LPIA | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.5404 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.5469 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5531 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5669 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5714 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5838 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6366 LPIA | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6729 LPIA | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2191 LPIA | 0.2191 LPIA | 0.2191 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3729 LPIA | 0.3729 LPIA | 0.3729 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.552 LPIA | 0.5305 LPIA | 0.5838 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.6548 LPIA | 0.6366 LPIA | 0.6729 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.7423 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 252,704 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 130,920 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.1782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh was 0.6729 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6729 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2191 LPIA in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bangladesh ranks 54th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release