Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Bangladesh

Children out of school in Bangladesh in 2024 — 918,575 people. Ranked 113 in the world out of 120. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 81.8%.

2024 918,575 people −15.35% vs 2023
World rank 113of 120
Period maximum 6.67M people1987
Period minimum 536,211 people2017

Trend over time

1970–2024 · people

Children out of school — Bangladesh, 1970–202402M4M6M8M19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 5,060,947 people1973: 3,262,975 people1976: 2,917,842 people1977: 3,610,122 people1978: 3,960,790 people1981: 5,212,587 people1983: 5,738,082 people1984: 5,964,606 people1985: 6,257,419 people1986: 6,449,855 people1987: 6,673,539 people1988: 5,326,152 people1989: 5,462,667 people1990: 5,156,730 people2005: 1,148,544 people2006: 1,289,922 people2008: 2,317,428 people2009: 2,309,199 people2010: 2,278,044 people2017: 536,211 people2018: 543,149 people2022: 1,159,988 people2023: 1,085,126 people2024: 918,575 people
Change over the period: −4.14M (−81.85%) Average annual rate: -3.11 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 918,575 people
South Asia computed 6.54M people
Southern Asia computed 6.54M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 14.69M people
Children out of school — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 918,575 −166,551 −15.35%
2023 1.09M −74,863 −6.45%
2022 1.16M
2018 543,149 +6,938 +1.29%
2017 536,211
2010 2.28M −31,155 −1.35%
2009 2.31M −8,229 −0.36%
2008 2.32M
2006 1.29M +141,378 +12.31%
2005 1.15M
1990 5.16M −305,937 −5.6%
1989 5.46M +136,515 +2.56%
1988 5.33M −1.35M −20.19%
1987 6.67M +223,684 +3.47%
1986 6.45M +192,436 +3.08%
1985 6.26M +292,813 +4.91%
1984 5.96M +226,524 +3.95%
1983 5.74M
1981 5.21M
1978 3.96M +350,668 +9.71%
1977 3.61M +692,280 +23.73%
1976 2.92M
1973 3.26M
1970 5.06M

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.