Bangladesh - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Bangladesh was 5.00 as of 2011. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 5.00 in 2011, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 5.00
1989 5.00
1990 5.00
1991 5.00
1992 5.00
1993 5.00
1994 5.00
1995 5.00
1996 5.00
1997 5.00
1998 5.00
1999 5.00
2000 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 5.00
2007 5.00
2008 5.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Bangladesh was 16,987,110 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,987,110 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5,040,003 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 5,283,787
1971 5,040,003
1972 6,416,954
1973 7,793,907
1974 7,747,559
1975 8,349,834
1976 8,674,004
1977 8,227,950
1978 8,219,313
1979 8,235,237
1980 8,240,169
1981 8,285,807
1982 8,400,000
1983 8,808,028
1984 8,915,442
1985 8,920,292
1986 9,115,554
1987 9,206,710
1988 11,075,480
1989 11,285,450
1990 11,939,950
2005 16,219,480
2006 16,396,870
2007 16,312,910
2008 16,001,610
2009 16,539,390
2010 16,987,110

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Bangladesh was 50.51 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 50.74 in 2007, while its lowest value was 50.12 in 2005.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
2005 50.12
2006 50.35
2007 50.74
2008 50.51
2009 50.17
2010 50.51

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Bangladesh was 395,281 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 395,281 in 2010 and a minimum value of 113,673 in 1970.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1970 113,673
1971 117,275
1972 136,508
1973 155,742
1974 150,267
1975 164,717
1976 172,448
1977 174,384
1978 186,144
1979 187,504
1980 153,859
1981 149,909
1983 171,349
1984 189,884
1985 189,900
1986 190,557
1987 191,507
1988 191,399
1989 186,872
1990 189,508
2005 344,806
2006 344,914
2007 364,494
2008 365,925
2009 361,450
2010 395,281

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Bangladesh was 43.46 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 43.46 in 2009, while its lowest value was 2.17 in 1971.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1971 2.17
1972 2.37
1973 2.53
1974 3.92
1975 5.10
1976 5.08
1977 6.22
1978 7.74
1979 7.74
1980 7.88
1981 7.62
1983 8.00
1984 7.84
1985 8.00
1986 8.14
1987 8.13
1988 17.54
1989 18.07
1990 19.38
2005 37.17
2006 37.82
2007 40.44
2008 41.82
2009 43.46

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes