Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender was 0.3979 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.3979 GPIA
Change on year
down 9.2%
World rank
27th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.4695 GPIA
in 2017
All-time low
0.1172 GPIA
in 1981
Years of data
12
1981–2019

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh, 1981–2019

0.10.20.30.40.51981200020191981: 0.117 GPIA1991: 0.182 GPIA2001: 0.368 GPIA2011: 0.416 GPIA2012: 0.298 GPIA2013: 0.35 GPIA2014: 0.468 GPIA2015: 0.374 GPIA2016: 0.391 GPIA2017: 0.47 GPIA2018: 0.438 GPIA2019: 0.398 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 0.3979 GPIA for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh peaked at 0.4695 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1172 GPIA, in 1981.

That places Bangladesh 27th out of 35 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh, year by year

Annual values for Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Bangladesh, 1981 to 2019.
Year GPIA Change
1981 0.1172 GPIA
1991 0.1819 GPIA +55.1%
2001 0.3676 GPIA +102.1%
2011 0.4158 GPIA +13.1%
2012 0.2985 GPIA -28.2%
2013 0.3504 GPIA +17.4%
2014 0.4676 GPIA +33.4%
2015 0.3737 GPIA -20.1%
2016 0.3906 GPIA +4.5%
2017 0.4695 GPIA +20.2%
2018 0.4383 GPIA -6.7%
2019 0.3979 GPIA -9.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.1172 GPIA 0.1172 GPIA 0.1172 GPIA 1
1990s 0.1819 GPIA 0.1819 GPIA 0.1819 GPIA 1
2000s 0.3676 GPIA 0.3676 GPIA 0.3676 GPIA 1
2010s 0.4002 GPIA 0.2985 GPIA 0.4695 GPIA 9

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 24 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.4461 GPIA compare
  2. 25 Cambodia 0.4431 GPIA compare
  3. 26 Peru 0.4276 GPIA compare
  4. 28 Uganda 0.2689 GPIA compare
  5. 29 Egypt 0.263 GPIA compare
  6. 30 Mali 0.2157 GPIA compare

See the full ranking of 35 places →

More reference data data for Bangladesh

All data for Bangladesh →

Frequently asked questions

What is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh?
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh was 0.3979 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 0.4695 GPIA in 2017.
What is the lowest elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1172 GPIA in 1981.
How does Bangladesh rank for elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender?
Bangladesh ranks 27th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
Is elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/elderly-literacy-rate-population-65-years-rural-adjusted-gender-parity-index-gpia/bangladesh/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/elderly-literacy-rate-population-65-years-rural-adjusted-gender-parity-index-gpia/bangladesh/">Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender in Bangladesh</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 325 data points, 1976–2019
Last refreshed

The Adjusted Gender Parity Index (GPIA) is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. If the resulting value exceeds 1, the ratio is inverted and subtracted from 2. The adjusted gender parity index is symmetrical around 1 and lies in the range 0-2. An adjusted GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://uis.unesco.org/