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Bangladesh's Economy At a Glance

Updated as on May, 2018

 

PERFORMANCES OF SOME KEY MACRO ECONOMIC INDICATORS: BANGLADESH
Indicator Unit 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 P
I. Real Sector                  
Per Capita GDP US$ 687 748 766 1088 1115 1236 1385 1538
Real GDP Growth (at producers price) % 6.1 6.7 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.2
GDP (Market Price) Billion US$ 100.4 111.9 115.7 129.9 173.8 195.2 221 248.8
Agriculture % of GDP 20.3 18 17.4 16.8 16.1R 15.5 14.8 14.2
Industry % of GDP 29.9 27.4 28.1 29 27.6R 28.2 28.8 29.3
Services % of GDP 49.8 54.6 54.5 54.2 56.3R 56.4 56.5 56.5
Investment % of GDP 24.4 27.4 28.2 28.4 28.6R 28.9 29.7 30.3
National Savings % of GDP 30 29 29.9 30.5 29.2R 29 30.8 30.3
Headline Inflation % 7.3 8.8 10.6 6.8* 7.4* 6.4 5.9 5.5
- Food Inflation % 8.5 11.3 10.4 5.2* 8.6* 6.7 4.9 4.5
- Non-Food Inflation % 5.5 4.2 11.1 9.2* 5.5* 6 7.5 7.1
Core inflation % NA NA NA NA NA 6.74 8.21 3.55
II. Fiscal Sector                  
Revenue Collection Billion US$ 11.5 13.4 15 17.5 18.1 18.8R 22.1R 27.6
Fiscal Deficit (excluding grants) % of GDP 3.7 4.4 5 4.8 4.1 3.9R 3.8R 5
Fiscal Deficit (including grants) % of GDP 3.3 3.8 4.6 4.3 3.5 3.7R 3.7R 4.8
Public Debt* % of GDP 32.3 32.4 31.8 30 29.1 27.3 27.7 27.1
- of which foreign currency % of GDP 17.6 17.2 16.6 14.9 14.1 12.1 11.9 11.4
- domestic debt# % of GDP 14.7 15.2 15.2 15.1 15 15.2 15.8 15.7
- debt servicing^ % of total revenue 7.7 6.9 6.5 6.3 7.2 5.2 4.75 4.14
III. External Sector                  
Exports (f.o.b) Billion US$ 16.2 22.6 24 26.6 30.2 30.7 33.4 34.0R
Imports (f.o.b.) Billion US$ 21.4 30.3 33.3 33.6 36.6 37.7 39.9R 43.5R
Trade Deficit Billion US$ 5.2 7.7 9.3 7 6.8 7 6.5R 9.5R
Remittances Billion US$ 11 11.7 12.8 14.5 14.2 15.3 14.9 12.8R
Current Account Balance Billion US$ 3.7 -1.7 -0.4 2.4 1.4 3.5R 4.2R -1.5R
Current Account Balance % of GDP 3.7 1.5 0.3 1.9 0.9 0.8 1.9 -0.6
Total Foreign Investment Million US$ 796 740 1193 2094 2369 1551R 1424R 2164R
- Foreign Direct Investment Million US$ 913 768 995 1726 1432 1172R 1285R 1706R
- Portfolio Investment Million US$ -117 -28 198 368 937 379 139R 458R
External Debt and Forex Liabilities Billion US$ 20.3 21.5 22.8 22.3 23.6 23.5 26.3 28.5
External Debt and Forex Liabilities % of forex earnings N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Short-term debt to GDP % 20.3 19.7 19.7 14.9 14.1 12.1 11.9 11.4
External Debt Servicing Ratio   4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.7 3.9 4
Exchange Rate@ Per US$ 69.2 71.2 79.1 79.9 77.8 77.7 78.3 79.1R
Foreign Exchange Reserves Billion US$ 10.8 10.9 10.2 15.3 21.5 25 30.2 33.5R
IV. Monetary & Capital Market                  
Monetary **                  
Growth Rate of M1 y-o-y 28 18.7 6.4 10 14.6 14.3 32.1 13.0R
Growth Rate of M2 y-o-y 22.4 21.3 17.4 16.7 16.1 12.4 16.3 10.9R
Growth Rate of M3 y-o-y 23 18.9 15.5 15.3 16.5 14.8 18.3 14.6R
Weighted Avg Lending Rate % 11.3 12.4 13.8 13.7 13.1 11.7 10.4 9.9
Credit growth to Private Sector y-o-y 24.2 25.8 19.7 10.9 12.2 12.9 16.6 15.6
Capital Market                  
Stock Market (Price Index)   5111.6 6117.2 4572.9 4385.8 4480.5 4583.1 4507.6 5656.1R
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) Domestic Currency in Billion 2700.7 2853.9 2491.6 2530.2 2386.3 2701.9 2614.5 3239.4R
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) % of GDP 38.9 35.8 27.2 24.4 17.7 17.8 15.1 16.6
Market Capitalization (as leading stock mkt) Billion US$ 39 40.1 31.5 31.7 30.7 34.7 33.4 40.9R
V. Banking Sector Indicators                  
Capital adequacy ratio % 9.3 11.4 10.5 9.1 10.7 10.3 10.8 10.9
Non performing loans % 7.3 6.1 10 11.9 10.8 9.7 10.1 10.1
Profitability (R.O.E.) % 21 17 8.2 8.2 8.4 6.6 9.4 4.7
Profitability (R.O.A.) % 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.68 0.34
Note: All data are provided on the basis of Bangladesh Financial Year (July-June). This format is adopted on recommendations of the SAARCFINANC meeting on Improvement of SAARCFINANCE e-Newsletter and Development of SAARCFINANCE Scholarship Scheme, 9-10 January 2013, Dhaka Bangladesh.
*=Base 2005-06=100, # DSE= Dhaka Stock Exchange
- = Half yearly data are not available, NA= Not available
R= Revised
N/A= Not available