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Economic Indicators For: Bangladesh › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Taka, BDT
Year of data: 2008 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 19
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2013
Date of Last Update: 1 Sept 2009
Population: 156,050,883 (July 2009 est.)
Area: total: 144,000 sq km land: 133,910 sq km water: 10,090 sq km
Natural Resources: natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Government Type: Bangladesh government type
Government Ministers: Bangladesh ministers
Capital: Dhaka
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook

its economy has grown 5-6 per cent per year since 1996 despite inefficient government-controlled enterprises, delays in exploiting natural gas resources, insufficient power supplies, and delayed implementation of economic reform. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed country. Although more than half of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the Agriculture, fisheries and farming sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Garment exports and remittance inflows from Bangladeshis working overseas, mainly in the Middle East and East Asia, fuel growth of the economy. In 2008 Bangladesh pursued a monetary policy aimed at sustaining high employment, but created higher inflation rates in the process.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is BDT 3,298.30 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 5.587 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is BDT 5,753.82 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is US$ 81.938 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions for each WEO exercise.

GDP Deflator for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 174.448 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is BDT 20,370.60 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is BDT 35,536.12 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is US$ 506.054 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

Output Gap, Percent of Potential GDP for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Bangladesh in year 2008 is US$ 224.889 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Bangladesh in year 2008 is US$ 1,388.93 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 0.326 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 25.585 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Investment (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 160.117 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 8.357 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 163.278 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 7.189 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Six-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Change % for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Employment for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Population for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 161.915 Million .

General Government Balance (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Balance (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (% GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (% GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is not available

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is US$ 0.768 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2008 is 0.937 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.