Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural male in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural male was 26.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh, 1981–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 26.7% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Bangladesh peaked at 27.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 1981.
Bangladesh ranks 73rd of 111 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 upper … upper rural male in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6.5% | — |
| 2001 | 15.1% | +133.0% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | +35.3% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 21.2% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 21.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 21.5% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 21.8% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 23.0% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 23.7% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 24.6% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 27.6% | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 26.7% | -3.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 26.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.9%, 1.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural male in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +133.0% | 6.5% | 15.1% |
| 2006 | +35.3% | 15.1% | 20.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.7% | 15.1% | 20.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 19.7% | 24.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.2% | 26.7% | 27.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.61 (2018)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 94.14 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 571,690 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 387,056 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.77 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.07 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (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 26.7% in 2023, 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 27.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Bangladesh ranks 73rd out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release