Lower secondary completion in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, 71.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Bangladesh, 2022 71.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +6.4percentage points 2019: 64.8%

Lower secondary completion in Bangladesh over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2022
Period Bangladesh
2022 71.1%
2019 64.8%
2014 54.9%
2013 54.4%
2011 50.6%
2007 41.8%
2006 48.0%
2004 39.4%
2000 38.5%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 64.8% in 2019, a change of +6.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 38.5%, the figure has changed by +32.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2022 for Bangladesh
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org