Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Enrolment in pre-primary education, male was 1.79 million number in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
1.79 million number
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
10th
of 196 countries
All-time high
1.84 million number
in 2017
All-time low
3,165 number
in 1973
Years of data
18
1973–2018

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh, 1973–2018

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1973199520181973: 3.2k number1988: 1.3M number1998: 1.0M number1999: 916.0k number2000: 854.9k number2001: 853.5k number2002: 725.3k number2003: 592.2k number2004: 563.6k number2005: 556.9k number2009: 542.0k number2010: 633.5k number2011: 1.2M number2013: 1.5M number2015: 1.5M number2016: 1.6M number2017: 1.8M number2018: 1.8M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 1.79 million number for enrolment in pre-primary education, male in 2018.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 230.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh peaked at 1.84 million number in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,165 number, in 1973.

That places Bangladesh 10th out of 196 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 3,165 number 3,165 number 3,165 number 1
1980s 1.28 million number 1.28 million number 1.28 million number 1
1990s 972,104 number 915,958 number 1.03 million number 2
2000s 669,763 number 541,950 number 854,932 number 7
2010s 1.43 million number 633,479 number 1.84 million number 7

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 7 Brazil 2.64 million number compare
  2. 8 Mexico 2.47 million number compare
  3. 9 Viet Nam 2.30 million number compare
  4. 11 Kenya 1.63 million number compare
  5. 12 Japan 1.50 million number compare
  6. 13 Ethiopia 1.31 million number compare

See the full ranking of 241 places β†’

More reference data data for Bangladesh

All data for Bangladesh β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh?
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh was 1.79 million number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 1.84 million number in 2017.
What is the lowest enrolment in pre-primary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 3,165 number in 1973.
How does Bangladesh rank for enrolment in pre-primary education, male?
Bangladesh ranks 10th out of 196 countries with data for 2018.
Is enrolment in pre-primary education, male rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 230.8%. 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/enrolment-in-pre-primary-education-male-number/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/enrolment-in-pre-primary-education-male-number/bangladesh/">Enrolment in pre-primary education, male in Bangladesh</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,187 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private pre-primary education institutions (ISCED 0.2) regardless of age. Within ISCED 0, early childhood educational development programmes are targeted at children aged 0 to 2 years; and pre-primary education programmes are targeted at children aged 3 years until the age to start ISCED 1.