| Economy | Bangladesh |
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Economy - overview:
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The economy has grown 5-6% per year since 1996 despite political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, 45% of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Bangladesh's growth was resilient during the 2008-09 global financial crisis and recession. Garment exports, totaling $12.3 billion in FY09 and remittances from overseas Bangladeshis, totaling $11 billion in FY10, accounted for almost 25% of GDP. |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$282.5 billion (2011 est.)
$265.7 billion (2010 est.)
$249.8 billion (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars |
GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$1,700 (2011 est.)
$1,600 (2010 est.)
$1,500 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars |
GDP (official exchange rate):
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$115 billion (2011 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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6.3% (2011 est.)
6.4% (2010 est.)
5.9% (2009 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 18.4%
industry: 28.6%
services: 53% (2011 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed):
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23.3% of GDP (2011 est.) |
Population below poverty line:
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31.5% (2010 est.) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: 26.6% (2008 est.) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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33.2 (2005)
33.6 (1996) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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10.7% (2011 est.)
8.1% (2010 est.) |
Central bank discount rate:
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5% (31 December 2010 est.)
5% (31 December 2009 est.) |
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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13.4% (31 December 2011 est.)
13% (31 December 2010 est.) |
Stock of money:
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$10.35 billion (30 September 2009)
$8.444 billion (31 December 2007) |
Stock of money - per capita:
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66 USD per capita |
Stock of quasi money:
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$45.23 billion (30 September 2009)
$37.98 billion (31 December 2008) |
Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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286 USD per capita |
Stock of domestic credit:
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$73.69 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$64.71 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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465 USD per capita |
Stock of narrow money:
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$16.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$14.12 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Stock of broad money:
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$59.86 billion (30 October 2011 est.)
$56.44 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Labor force:
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75.42 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2011 est.) |
Labor force participation rate:
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47.56 % of population |
Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 45%
industry: 30%
services: 25% (2008) |
Unemployment rate:
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5% (2011 est.)
5.1% (2010 est.)
note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
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total: 9.3%
male: 8%
female: 13.6% (2006) |
Budget:
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revenues: $12.67 billion
expenditures: $17.15 billion (2011 est.) |
Budget revenues per capita:
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80 USD per capita |
Taxes and other revenues:
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11% of GDP (2011 est.) |
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
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-3.9% of GDP (2011 est.) |
Public debt:
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36.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
35.4% of GDP (2010 est.) |
Industries:
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cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar |
Industrial production growth rate:
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7.4% (2011 est.) |
Electricity - production:
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25.62 billion kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - production per capita:
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162 kWh per capita |
Electricity - consumption:
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23.94 billion kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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151 kWh per capita |
Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2009 est.) |
Electricity - imports:
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0 kWh (2009 est.) |
Oil - production:
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5,724 bbl/day (2010 est.) |
Oil - production per capita:
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37 bbl/day per capita |
Oil - consumption:
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98,000 bbl/day (2010 est.) |
Oil - consumption - per capita:
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0.23 bbl/year per capita |
Oil - exports:
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2,770 bbl/day (2009 est.) |
Oil - imports:
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77,340 bbl/day (2010 est.) |
Oil - proved reserves:
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28 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.) |
Natural gas - production:
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19.75 billion cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - production per capita:
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125 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - consumption:
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20.1 billion cu m (2010 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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127 cu m per capita |
Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2009 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves:
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195.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.) |
Agriculture - products:
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rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry |
Current account balance:
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-$372 million (2011 est.)
$2.502 billion (2010 est.) |
Current account balance - per capita:
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-2 USD per capita |
Exports:
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$23.86 billion (2011 est.)
$19.24 billion (2010 est.) |
Exports per capita:
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151 USD per capita |
Exports - commodities:
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garments, frozen fish and seafood, jute and jute goods, leather |
Exports - partners:
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US 22.1%, Germany 14.1%, UK 8.5%, France 6.8%, Netherlands 6.1% (2010) |
Imports:
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$31.75 billion (2011 est.)
$24.72 billion (2010 est.) |
Imports per capita:
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201 USD per capita |
Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement |
Imports - partners:
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China 18.9%, India 12.7%, Singapore 6%, Malaysia 4.7%, Japan 4% (2010) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$10.98 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$11.18 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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70 USD per capita |
Debt - external:
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$24.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$24.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Debt - external - per capita:
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158 USD per capita |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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$7.216 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
$6.107 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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46 USD per capita |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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$94.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)
$91.2 million (31 December 2010 est.) |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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1 USD per capita |
Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$47 billion (31 December 2010)
$7.068 billion (31 December 2009)
$6.671 billion (31 December 2008) |
Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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297 USD per capita |
Currency (code):
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taka (BDT) |
Exchange rates:
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taka (BDT) per US dollar -
73.7 (2011 est.)
69.65 (2010 est.)
69.04 (2009)
68.554 (2008)
69.893 (2007) |
Fiscal year:
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1 July - 30 June |
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