Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.761 LPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh, 2001–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh is 0.761 LPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh peaked at 0.761 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.5763 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Bangladesh 73rd out of 100 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.5763 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.6944 LPIA | +20.5% |
| 2010 | 0.6954 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.65 LPIA | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6529 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6448 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6538 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6571 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6668 LPIA | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6823 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6858 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7065 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7251 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7271 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.761 LPIA | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6354 LPIA | 0.5763 LPIA | 0.6944 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6695 LPIA | 0.6448 LPIA | 0.7065 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7377 LPIA | 0.7251 LPIA | 0.761 LPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9278 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.95 million (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh was 0.761 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.761 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5763 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bangladesh ranks 73rd out of 100 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 primary 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