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Tertiary education enrollment — Bangladesh

Tertiary education enrollment in Bangladesh in 2024 — 23.7%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 94. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 21.7 pp.

2024 23.7% −0.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 70of 94
Period maximum 24.2%2023
Period minimum 2%1978

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Bangladesh, 1970–2024010203019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 2%1972: 2.1%1973: 2.1%1974: 2.7%1976: 2.2%1977: 2.4%1978: 2%1979: 2.9%1980: 2.9%1981: 2.9%1982: 3.6%1983: 4.6%1984: 5%1985: 5.2%1986: 5.1%1987: 4.5%1988: 3.9%1989: 3.8%1990: 4.4%1999: 5.3%2000: 5.3%2001: 6.2%2002: 5.9%2003: 6%2004: 5.6%2005: 6.1%2006: 7.1%2007: 7.7%2008: 8.6%2009: 10.5%2011: 13.3%2012: 13.4%2013: 13.5%2014: 13.6%2015: 15.6%2016: 17.4%2017: 18.5%2018: 19.6%2019: 22.7%2020: 22.7%2021: 23.9%2022: 23.5%2023: 24.2%2024: 23.7%
Change over the period: +21.7 pp Annual average: 0.4 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bangladesh 23.7%
World 43.6%
South Asia 32.8%
Tertiary education enrollment — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 23.7 −0.5 pp
2023 24.2 +0.7 pp
2022 23.5 −0.4 pp
2021 23.9 +1.2 pp
2020 22.7 −0 pp
2019 22.7 +3.1 pp
2018 19.6 +1.1 pp
2017 18.5 +1.1 pp
2016 17.4 +1.8 pp
2015 15.6 +2 pp
2014 13.6 +0.1 pp
2013 13.5 +0.1 pp
2012 13.4 +0.2 pp
2011 13.3 —
2009 10.5 +1.9 pp
2008 8.6 +1 pp
2007 7.7 +0.6 pp
2006 7.1 +0.9 pp
2005 6.1 +0.6 pp
2004 5.6 −0.4 pp
2003 6 +0.1 pp
2002 5.9 −0.3 pp
2001 6.2 +0.9 pp
2000 5.3 −0 pp
1999 5.3 —
1990 4.4 +0.5 pp
1989 3.8 −0 pp
1988 3.9 −0.6 pp
1987 4.5 −0.7 pp
1986 5.1 −0.1 pp
1985 5.2 +0.2 pp
1984 5 +0.5 pp
1983 4.6 +1 pp
1982 3.6 +0.7 pp
1981 2.9 −0 pp
1980 2.9 +0 pp
1979 2.9 +0.9 pp
1978 2 −0.4 pp
1977 2.4 +0.2 pp
1976 2.2 —
1974 2.7 +0.5 pp
1973 2.1 −0 pp
1972 2.1 —
1970 2 —

Southern Asia, 2024

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

IN India 34.4 BD Bangladesh 23.7 NP Nepal 21.3 BT Bhutan 13 PK Pakistan 10.9
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The gross tertiary enrollment ratio — the number of students at universities and colleges (ISCED 5–8) as a percentage of the population in the five-year age interval that follows the end of school. It can exceed 100% because of older students and students from abroad, so in countries that act as magnets for international students the indicator is overstated.

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

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