Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public was 0.9% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh, 1998–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2017, percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh stood at 0.9%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh peaked at 0.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2004.
Bangladesh ranks 132nd of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.6% | — |
| 1999 | 0.6% | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +51.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +9.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.0%, 94% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +51.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0961 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh?
- Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public in Bangladesh was 0.9% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2004.
- How does Bangladesh rank for percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public?
- Bangladesh ranks 132nd out of 180 countries with data for 2017.
- Is percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release