Bangladesh Literacy Rate 1981-2025

Bangladesh literacy rate for 2021 was 76.36%, a 1.45% increase from 2020.
  • Bangladesh literacy rate for 2020 was 74.91%, a 0.22% increase from 2019.
  • Bangladesh literacy rate for 2019 was 74.68%, a 0.77% increase from 2018.
  • Bangladesh literacy rate for 2018 was 73.91%, a 1.02% increase from 2017.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Literacy Rate

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Annual Change

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