Bangladesh Economic Statistics and Indicators

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Economic Indicators For: Bangladesh › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Taka, BDT
Year of data: 2015 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 36
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2019
Date of Last Update: 17th March 2015
Population: 166,280,712 (July 2014 est.)
Area: total: 143,998 sq km ; land: 130,168 sq km ; water: 13,830 sq km
Natural Resources: natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Capital: name: Dhaka ; geographic coordinates: 23 43 N, 90 24 E ; time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Bangladesh's economy has grown roughly 6% per year since 1996 despite political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, insufficient power supplies, slow implementation of economic reforms, and the 2008-09 global financial crisis and recession. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, almost half of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector with rice as the single-most-important product. Garment exports, the backbone of Bangladesh’s industrial sector and 80% of total exports, surpassed $21 billion last year, 18% of GDP. The sector has remained resilient in recent years amidst a series of factory accidents that have killed over 1,000 workers and crippling strikes that shut down virtually all economic activity. Steady garment export growth combined with remittances from overseas Bangladeshis, which totaled almost $15 billion and 13% of GDP IN 2013, are the largest contributors to Bangladesh’s current account surplus and record foreign exchange holdings.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 8,302.62 Billion.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 6.402 %.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 16,158.23 Billion.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is US$ 205.715 Billion.

GDP Deflator for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 194.616 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100).

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 51,937.85 .

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 101,079.41 .

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is US$ 1,286.87 .

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Bangladesh in year 2015 is US$ 576.547 Billion.

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Bangladesh in year 2015 is US$ 3,606.65 .

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 0.508 %.

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 28.026 .

Investment (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 28.972 %.

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 28.378 %.

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 211.096 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 6.431 %.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 228.613 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100).

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 6.463 %.

Import Volume of All Items Including Goods and Services (Percent Change) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 21.872 %.

Import Volumes of Goods Only (Percent Change) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 21.935 %.

Export Volume of All Items Including Goods and Services (Percent Change) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 9.273 %.

Export Volumes of Goods Only (Percent Change) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 9.357 %.

Population for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 159.857 Million .

General government revenue (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 1,503.60 Billions.

General government revenue (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 9.934 %.

General government total expenditure (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 2,091.36 Billions.

General government total expenditure (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is 13.817 %.

Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (National Currency) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT -587.76 Billions.

Total Government Net Lending/ Borrowing (% of GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is -3.883 %.

Fiscal Year Gross Domestic Product, Current Prices for Bangladesh in year 2015 is BDT 15,136.00 Billions.

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is US$ -2.176 Billion.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Bangladesh in year 2015 is -1.058 %.