Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.913 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh, 1981–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh stood at 0.913 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bangladesh peaked at 0.913 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1705 GPIA, in 1981.
Bangladesh ranks 56th of 94 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.1705 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.5031 GPIA | +195.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6695 GPIA | +33.1% |
| 2012 | 0.686 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7233 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.7652 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.771 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7737 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7984 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8199 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8343 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8618 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.913 GPIA | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1705 GPIA | 0.1705 GPIA | 0.1705 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5031 GPIA | 0.5031 GPIA | 0.5031 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7602 GPIA | 0.6695 GPIA | 0.8343 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8874 GPIA | 0.8618 GPIA | 0.913 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 0.913 GPIA 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 0.913 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1705 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bangladesh ranks 56th out of 94 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 26.2%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release