School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.07 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
1.07 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
17th
of 205 countries
All-time high
1.39 GPIA
in 1973
All-time low
0.8333 GPIA
in 1988
Years of data
23
1973–2024
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 1.07 GPIA for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh peaked at 1.39 GPIA in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.8333 GPIA, in 1988.
That places Bangladesh 17th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 1.39 GPIA | — |
| 1988 | 0.8333 GPIA | -40.2% |
| 1998 | 1.06 GPIA | +27.3% |
| 1999 | 1.02 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9506 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9906 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9956 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9978 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9996 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9766 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9638 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9899 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.03 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.07 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.39 GPIA | 1.39 GPIA | 1.39 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.8333 GPIA | 0.8333 GPIA | 0.8333 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.9933 GPIA | 0.9506 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9638 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 14 Sierra Leone 1.09 GPIA compare
- 15 Cote d'Ivoire 1.09 GPIA compare
- 16 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.08 GPIA compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 1.07 GPIA compare
- 19 Niger 1.07 GPIA compare
- 20 Samoa 1.07 GPIA 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 school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Bangladesh was 1.07 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 GPIA in 1973.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8333 GPIA in 1988.
- How does Bangladesh rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release