Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7645 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
Bangladesh recorded 0.7645 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bangladesh peaked at 0.7645 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4703 LPIA, in 2001.
Bangladesh ranks 72nd of 100 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.4703 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.6586 LPIA | +40.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6735 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6201 LPIA | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 0.623 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.6217 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.6355 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6374 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6504 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6686 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6754 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6957 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7138 LPIA | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.7194 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7645 LPIA | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5645 LPIA | 0.4703 LPIA | 0.6586 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6501 LPIA | 0.6201 LPIA | 0.6957 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7326 LPIA | 0.7138 LPIA | 0.7645 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 0.7645 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 0.7645 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4703 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bangladesh ranks 72nd 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 22.7%. 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, 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