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Bangladesh: Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes

79percent · 2022+36.5% since 2012

Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.AG15T99. Annual figures for Bangladesh from 2001 to 2022.

20012022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202279
202176.36
202074.91
201974.68
201873.91
201772.89
201672.76
201565.14
201461.09
201361.02
201257.86
201158.77
200147.49

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-ag15t99 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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