Bangladesh: School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2017, Bangladesh's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) fell 0.14 percentage points on 2016 (from 94.04% to 93.9%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2016), the average change was −0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.38 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.39 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.16 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 93.39% for 2020. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2015 to 2017 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.1%, against 0.47% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

Closest to Bangladesh in the 2017 ranking

• Mozambique — 2nd of 3: 13.33%
• São Tomé and Principe — 3rd of 3: 4.72%

What this measures

Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.

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

All 19 values

School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies

• Bhutan — 10.27% (2018)
• India — 51.44% (2020)

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 school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?

93.9% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 1.33 percentage points from 95.23% in 1998. The highest value was 96.05% in 2002 and the lowest 93.9% in 2017.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PRIV.ZS, 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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