Major Economic indicators of Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

 

2006-07

 

2007-08

(P)

Population (Million)

131.2

131.6

133.4

135.2

137.0

138.8

140.6

142.4

Density Per Sq. Km

886

891

904

916

928

941

953

-

National Accounts

(New Estimate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDP (Million US$) at current market price

46934

47565

51913

56,531

60327

61975

68554

78985

GNI per capita at Current Market Price (US$)

376

378

407

440

463

482

520

599

GDP Growth (%) (at constant price)

5.2

4.40

5.3

6.3

6.0

6.6

6.5

6.21

Per Capita GDP (US$) (at current price)

357

362

389

418

441

456

482

554

Agriculture & Forestry Contribution to GDP (%)

 

Growth (%)

 

19.51

 

5.53

 

18.58

 

-0.62

 

18.22

 

3.29

 

17.97

 

4.38

 

17.27

 

1.80

 

16.98

 

5.23

 

16.64

 

4.69

 

16.23

 

3.47

Manufacturing(Indus.)

Contribution to GDP (%)

 

Growth (%)

 

 

15.59

 

6.68

 

15.76

 

5.48

 

15.97

 

6.75

 

16.16

 

7.10

 

16.51

 

8.19

 

17.08

 

10.77

 

17.55

 

9.72

 

17.77

 

7.42

Trade & Balance of Payment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Export (Million US$)

6467

5986

6548

7603

 

8655

10526

12177.86

14110

Export Growth (%)

12.14

(7.44)

9.38

16.11

13.83

21.63

15.69

15.87

Import (Million US$)

9335

8540

9658

10854

13177

14746

17156.80

21629

Import Growth (%)

11.4

(8.5)

13.09

12.39

21.4

12.16

16.35

26.07

Trade Balance (Million  US$)

(3345.6)

(2554)

(3110)

(3251)

(4522)

(4220)

(4978.94)

(7519)

Numbers of Workers in Abroad  ‘000’

213

186

241

277

252

291

564

792

Workers' Remittances (Million US$)

1882

2501

3062

3372

3848

4802

5978

7940

Foreign Exchange Reserves (Million US$)

1307

1583

2470

2705

2930

3484

5077

6149

 

Public Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Revenue (Million US$)

4355

4771

5375

6010

6379

6689

7166

8824

Tax Revenue (Million US$)

3663

3781

4309

4805

5199

5391

5686

6998

Import Duty

1466

1458

1849

2294

2459

2277

2269

2646

Total Expenditure

6931

7097

7582

8382

9053

9103

9683

13644

Revenue Expenditure (Million US$)

3806

3912

4371

4820

5422

5459

6578

8370

Current Surplus (Million US$)

549

859

1004

1190

957

1230

588

453

Annual  Development Programme (Million US$)

3373

2759

2919

3225

3336

3205

2596

3279

Money & Banking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money Supply (M1) (Million US$)

4083

4207

       4619

5178

5785

6430

7125

8723

Money Supply (M2) (Million US$)

15427

17171

19688

22032

24669

26281

30709

36262

Total Deposit (Million US$)

15708

16020

18407

20592

23204

23743

28449

30490

Total Domestic Credit (Million US$)

15587

16538

17959

19772

24037

24974

28882

35172

Bank Rate (%)

7.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

Exchange Rate

53.96

57.43

57.9

58.9

61.39

67.08

69.03

68.61

Inflation Rate

Base year (1995-96)

1.94

2.79

4.38

5.83

6.48

7.17

7.22

9.93

Consumption, Savings & Investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumption (Private and public.) (Billion US$)

38.53

38.93

42.46

45.49

48.25

49.43

54.52

63.12

Gross Investment (Million US$)

10848.78

11011.7

12150

13581

14796

15277

16745

19086

Public Investment

(Million US$)

3406.23

3029.76

3217.6

3500.8

3745

3716

3795

3960

Private Investment

(Million US$)

7446.70

7981.89

8932.6

10080

11053

11561

12704

15126

National Savings

(Million US$)

10528.17

11151

12693

14384

15589

17150

19618

23090

Gross Domestic Savings (Million US$)

8456.26

8638.34

9457

11044

12075

12549

13930

15864

Consumption, Savings & Investment

(As % of GDP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumption (Private and public)

82.0

81.8

81.4

80.5

80.0

79.8

79.6

79.9

Gross Investment

23.10

23.10

23.4

24.0

24.5

24.7

24.5

24.2

Public Investment

7.20

6.40

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.0

5.5

5.0

Private Investment

15.80

16.80

17.2

17.8

18.3

18.7

19.0

19.2

National Savings

22.4

23.4

24.5

25.4

25.8

27.7

28.7

29.2

Gross Domestic Saving

18.76

18.16

18.2

19.5

20.1

20.3

20.3

20.1

Price Trends 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Consumer Price Index  (1995-96=100)

126.72

130.26

135.97

143.90

153.23

164.21

176.06

195.25

% Change in CPI

1.94

2.79

4.38

5.83

6.48

7.17

7.22

9.93

 

Source :

 

Bangladesh Economic Review – 2008

p = provisional

- = Information not available