School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted was 1.07 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
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 … pre-primary adjusted 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% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1.07 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 1.07 GPIA is above the median for South Asia, which is 1.01 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted … pre-primary adjusted 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -40.2% | 1.39 GPIA | 0.8333 GPIA |
| 1998 | +27.3% | 0.8333 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA |
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
- 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 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