Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 8.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 8.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh peaked at 10.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2000.
That places Bangladesh 114th out of 158 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.8% | — |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 2.5% | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | +44.3% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 6.1% | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 8.1% | +32.8% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | +28.3% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | -16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 2.5% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.3% | 10.3% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More education data for Bangladesh
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Bangladesh was 8.6% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2000.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Bangladesh ranks 114th out of 158 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.