Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

ANNEX-3A
Annex Table 3.1: Literacy and school attendance of children and young population by district, Bangladesh 2011
District
Youth literacy rate
(15-24 years) (%)
Adult literacy rate (15 years and
above) (%)
School attendance rate at
five (%)
NAR at primary school
(6-10 years) (%)
School attendance rate at
primary (%)
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls
Bagerhat 82.2 78.5 85.4 60.7 62.8 58.6 22.5 22.3 22.7 64.0 63.3 64.8 81.7 80.9 82.4
Bandarban 52.5 56.2 49.1 36.1 42.3 29.3 28.3 28.8 27.7 50.7 51.2 50.1 68.4 69.5 67.1
Barguna 81.8 80.3 83.0 58.9 61.7 56.4 29.8 28.5 31.2 65.0 64.5 65.4 83.4 82.9 84.0
Barisal 83.6 81.3 85.5 63.5 65.4 61.7 26.8 26.3 27.4 63.2 62.6 63.9 81.0 80.1 81.9
Bhola 64.7 62.9 66.1 44.0 45.6 42.4 15.2 14.9 15.6 56.7 55.4 58.2 71.0 69.5 72.5
Bogra 75.2 76.0 74.6 49.1 53.9 44.3 21.2 20.9 21.6 59.9 59.0 60.9 76.5 75.7 77.3
Brahmanbaria 69.8 65.9 72.9 46.7 48.9 44.8 14.0 13.5 14.4 57.8 56.4 59.3 73.4 72.1 74.8
Chandpur 82.0 76.8 86.0 59.2 59.9 58.6 23.4 22.9 23.9 62.6 61.7 63.5 80.6 79.7 81.5
Chittagong 79.0 77.4 80.4 63.0 66.8 59.3 33.7 33.1 34.4 60.4 60.1 60.8 79.8 79.4 80.2
Chuadanga 75.1 70.6 79.1 46.2 48.2 44.3 12.6 12.7 12.5 60.0 59.1 61.0 75.7 74.8 76.6
Comilla 78.2 73.8 81.7 56.0 58.5 53.8 24.2 23.8 24.6 60.1 58.9 61.3 78.0 77.1 78.9
Cox’s Bazar 60.6 58.2 62.9 41.2 44.1 38.3 20.9 20.7 21.2 56.7 55.2 58.3 71.5 70.1 73.0
Dhaka 83.1 83.7 82.6 73.7 77.2 69.2 38.8 38.6 38.9 56.8 56.8 56.8 77.7 78.0 77.5
Dinajpur 79.2 77.9 80.5 52.3 57.0 47.5 21.2 20.7 21.7 63.2 62.6 64.0 81.0 80.4 81.7
Faridpur 75.7 72.2 78.7 49.7 52.6 47.0 17.2 16.9 17.5 60.7 59.5 62.1 77.2 76.0 78.4
Feni 83.6 80.1 86.6 63.6 66.8 60.8 24.8 24.8 24.9 65.6 65.8 65.3 82.8 82.7 83.0
Gaibandha 66.1 67.7 64.8 40.9 45.7 36.5 12.7 12.3 13.1 59.0 58.6 59.5 73.1 72.8 73.5
Gazipur 82.1 82.9 81.4 65.2 69.6 60.3 30.6 30.7 30.5 58.7 58.6 58.9 77.7 77.7 77.8
Gopalganj 80.3 78.8 81.7 59.5 63.2 56.0 22.0 22.0 21.9 61.7 60.6 62.8 79.1 78.4 79.9
Habiganj 61.7 59.3 63.7 41.4 44.8 38.2 13.2 13.0 13.5 56.5 55.1 57.9 72.6 71.3 74.0
Joypurhat 84.1 83.5 84.5 55.9 61.1 50.8 23.3 22.0 24.6 63.5 62.8 64.4 81.0 80.3 81.9
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