Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 66.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh is 66.3%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 58.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh peaked at 66.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 18.8%, in 1998.
That places Bangladesh 38th out of 48 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 18.8% | — |
| 1999 | 20.6% | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 22.4% | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 21.3% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 25.3% | +18.5% |
| 2004 | 25.6% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 33.0% | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | +27.4% |
| 2009 | 41.7% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 40.7% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 46.8% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 52.1% | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 56.2% | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 58.5% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 66.3% | +13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.7% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 20.8% | 42.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 40.7% | 66.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 35 Sierra Leone 75.1% compare
- 36 Saint Lucia 70.8% compare
- 37 Ecuador 70.4% compare
- 39 Sudan 64.7% compare
- 40 Nicaragua 62.5% compare
- 41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60.7% compare
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 proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bangladesh was 66.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 66.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8% in 1998.
- How does Bangladesh rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Bangladesh ranks 38th out of 48 countries with data for 2019.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.9%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the upper secondary level.