Bangladesh
Background Information
Region
South Asia
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
28% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
14,724,290 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
21,456,207 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
59%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
83
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
49%
Source: DHS, 2007
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
34%
Source: DHS, 2014
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
No data available
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2019
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 37%
(2016)
-
Lower secondary 96%
(2018)
-
Upper secondary 96%
(2018)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 89%
-
Male 76%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 71%
-
Male 59%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 27%
-
Male 32%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 5%
-
Male 8%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Lower secondary school
-
Female 8%
-
Male 18%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Upper secondary school
-
Female 26%
-
Male 37%
Female: UIS, 2019
Male: UIS, 2019
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
(re)solve
Research Project/Report/Study
Accelerating Action to End Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Network/Convening/Conference
Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference
Research Project/Report/Study
BALIKA (Bangladeshi Association for Life Skills, Income, and Knowledge for Adolescents)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Community Empowerment
Research Project/Report/Study
Coronavirus Outbreak, Schooling and Learning: Study on Secondary School Students in Bangladesh
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Project/Program
GIRLS Inspire project
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)
Her Choice
Project/Program
Inspiring Married Adolescent Girls to Imagine New Empowered Futures (IMAGINE)
Project/Program
Let Us Learn
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Research Project/Report/Study
Living Under Lockdown: Girls and COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Operations Research on Keeping Girls in Schools to Reduce Child Marriage in Rural Bangladesh
Project/Program
Remote Teacher-training Package
Project/Program
Safe Schools for Girls
Project/Program
Second Reaching Out of School Children Project
Project/Program
Shukhi Jibon
Research Project/Report/Study
Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education
Project/Program
Supporting Rohingya Child Refugees - Early Childhood Care And Education (ECCE) in Bangladesh
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impacts of "Soft Skills" Training on Professional Advancement of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh
Project/Program
Youth Education and Skills Programme for Economic Growth (YES4Growth)