Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9065 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh, 2001–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.9065 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh peaked at 0.9065 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6821 GPIA, in 2001.
That places Bangladesh 71st 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.6821 GPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.7329 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7887 GPIA | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7526 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7653 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7903 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8186 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8263 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8297 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8441 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8598 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.871 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8689 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8803 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9065 GPIA | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7075 GPIA | 0.6821 GPIA | 0.7329 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8146 GPIA | 0.7526 GPIA | 0.871 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8852 GPIA | 0.8689 GPIA | 0.9065 GPIA | 3 |
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 primary education or higher in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh was 0.9065 GPIA 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 0.9065 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6821 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bangladesh ranks 71st 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 18.5%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release