Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary was 0.286 LPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh, 1981–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.286 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2021. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.7% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh peaked at 0.286 LPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0216 LPIA, in 1981.
That places Bangladesh 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.0216 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.0301 LPIA | +39.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2028 LPIA | +572.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1914 LPIA | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1941 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2311 LPIA | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2197 LPIA | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.213 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2227 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2317 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.241 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.286 LPIA | +18.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0216 LPIA | 0.0216 LPIA | 0.0216 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.0301 LPIA | 0.0301 LPIA | 0.0301 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.2164 LPIA | 0.1914 LPIA | 0.241 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.286 LPIA | 0.286 LPIA | 0.286 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Bangladesh was 0.286 LPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.286 LPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0216 LPIA in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Bangladesh ranks 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release