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Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Bangladesh · 1998–2024 · Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Latest (2024)73.81% of relevant age group
Earliest (1998)46.62
Change since 1998+27.19
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS)
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What you should know

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS)
Data updated
October 20, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
1998–2024 (21 data points)
Unit
% of relevant age group
World Bank code
SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS
Licence
CC BY 4.0

How to cite this data

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-lower-secondary-completion (data updated October 20, 2026).

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Year% of relevant age group
202473.81
202371.36
202276.53
202176.44
201878.24
201771.65
201670.71
201363.24
201156.12
201051.68
200955.41
200753.56
200652.24
200551.9
200453.29
200357.64
200258.1
200156.73
200051.77
199949.21
199846.62