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Bangladesh: School enrollment, preprimary

36.38percent · 2021+220.0% since 2005

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Bangladesh from 1972 to 2021.

19722021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202136.381
202045.599
201840.818
201741.74
201635.515
201532.357
201332.837
201125.6
201013.116
200911.221
200511.369
200411.4
200311.955
200214.66
200117.013
200017.652
199919.042
199821.805
198878.337
19730.363
19720.221

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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