Bangladesh: Children out of school, primary, female

Key figures

Since 1970 it is down 94.22% from 3.27 million in 1970 (5.77% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 28 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Bangladesh's children out of school, primary, female rose 246.9% on 2017 (from 54,511 to 189,119).

Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.7% and a typical year strayed about 11.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 21.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 246.9% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.1% in 1988. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Bangladesh in the 2018 ranking

• Indonesia — 1st of 4: 1.33 million
• Mozambique — 3rd of 4: 136,850
• United Kingdom — 4th of 4: 6,273

What this measures

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.

Limitations: Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 21 values

Children out of school, primary, female in nearby economies

• Bhutan — 2,533 (2024)
• India — 907,274 (2023)
• Sri Lanka — 72,506 (2023)

More education data for Bangladesh

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 23.73% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.77 (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 20.79% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 26.95% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 15.07 million (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Bangladesh's children out of school, primary, female?

189,119 in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 94.22% from 3.27 million in 1970 (5.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.98 million in 1987 and the lowest 54,511 in 2017.

Is the latest change in children out of school, primary, female unusual for Bangladesh?

In 2018, Bangladesh's children out of school, primary, female rose 246.9% on 2017 (from 54,511 to 189,119). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2017), the average change was −0.7% and a typical year strayed about 11.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 21.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.UNER.FE, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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