Adult literacy rate in Bangladesh
Adult literacy rate in Bangladesh was 79% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 2.6 pts from 2021. That is the 43rd highest of 56 countries in 2019.
Adult literacy rate in Bangladesh, 1981 to 2022
All 15 values
| Period | % |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2021 | 76.4 |
| 2020 | 74.9 |
| 2019 | 74.7 |
| 2018 | 73.9 |
| 2017 | 72.9 |
| 2016 | 72.8 |
| 2015 | 65.1 |
| 2014 | 61.1 |
| 2013 | 61 |
| 2012 | 57.9 |
| 2011 | 58.8 |
| 2001 | 47.5 |
| 1991 | 35.3 |
| 1981 | 29.2 |
Rankings
Definition
People aged 15 and over who can both read and write, with understanding, a short simple statement about their everyday life, as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
UIS figures from censuses, household surveys and UIS model estimates. Most high-income countries stopped measuring literacy decades ago, so they have no value; a missing value is not a rate of 0 or 100. Countries report in different years, so a ranking for one year covers only some countries.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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What is the adult literacy rate in Bangladesh?
Adult literacy rate in Bangladesh was 79% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 2.6 pts from 2021. That is the 43rd highest of 56 countries in 2019.
Where does this figure come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Literacy rate, adult total, % of people ages 15 and above (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest adult literacy rate in Bangladesh?
79% in 2022, the highest value since 1981 in this series.