Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.7697 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh, 1981–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh is 0.7697 GPIA, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh peaked at 0.7697 GPIA in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1179 GPIA, in 1981.
Bangladesh ranks 109th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.1179 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.6418 GPIA | +444.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4955 GPIA | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5767 GPIA | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6129 GPIA | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 0.627 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6229 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.685 GPIA | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7095 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7026 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.721 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7364 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7463 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7697 GPIA | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1179 GPIA | 0.1179 GPIA | 0.1179 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5686 GPIA | 0.4955 GPIA | 0.6418 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.674 GPIA | 0.5767 GPIA | 0.7463 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7697 GPIA | 0.7697 GPIA | 0.7697 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 106.49 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 106.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh was 0.7697 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7697 GPIA in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1179 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bangladesh ranks 109th out of 137 countries with data for 2021.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release