GDP (purchasing power parity):

 
$282.5 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 44
$265.7 billion (2010 est.)
$249.8 billion (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):

 
$115 billion (2011 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

 
6.3% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39
6.4% (2010 est.)
5.9% (2009 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

 
$1,700 (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
$1,600 (2010 est.)
$1,500 (2009 est.)
note: data are in 2011 US dollars

GDP - composition by sector:

 
agriculture: 19.9%
industry: 30.4%
services: 49.7% (2011 est.)

Labor force:

 
75.42 million
country comparison to the world: 7
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 - by occupation:

 
agriculture: 45%
industry: 30%
services: 25% (2008)

Unemployment rate:

 
5% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
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

Population below poverty line:

 
31.5% (2010 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

 
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: 26.6% (2008 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

 
33.2 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 101
33.6 (1996)

Investment (gross fixed):

 
23.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82

Budget:

 
revenues: $12.67 billion
expenditures: $17.15 billion (2011 est.)

Taxes and other revenues:

 
11% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):

 
-3.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 125

Public debt:

 
36.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
35.4% of GDP (2010 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

 
10.7% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
8.1% (2010 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

 
5% (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
5% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

 
13.4% (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
13% (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of narrow money:

 
$16.27 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
$14.12 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of broad money:

 
$59.86 billion (30 October 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
$56.44 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of domestic credit:

 
$73.69 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
$64.71 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

 
$47 billion (31 December 2010)
country comparison to the world: 74
$7.068 billion (31 December 2009)
$6.671 billion (31 December 2008)

Agriculture - products:

 
rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry

Industries:

 
jute, cotton, garments, paper, leather, fertilizer, iron and steel, cement, petroleum products, tobacco, drugs and pharmaceuticals, ceramic, tea, salt, sugar, edible oil, soap and detergent, fabricated metal products, electricity and natural gas

Industrial production growth rate:

 
7.4% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35

Electricity - production:

 
25.62 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67

Electricity - consumption:

 
23.94 billion kWh (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65

Electricity - exports:

 
0 kWh (2009 est.)

Electricity - imports:

 
0 kWh (2009 est.)

Oil - production:

 
5,724 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95

Oil - consumption:

 
98,000 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75

Oil - exports:

 
2,770 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108

Oil - imports:

 
77,340 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77

Oil - proved reserves:

 
28 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83

Natural gas - production:

 
19.75 billion cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33

Natural gas - consumption:

 
20.1 billion cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35

Natural gas - exports:

 
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61

Natural gas - imports:

 
0 cu m (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158

Natural gas - proved reserves:

 
195.4 billion cu m (1 January 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47

Current account balance:

 
-$372 million (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
$2.502 billion (2010 est.)

Exports:

 
$23.86 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
$19.24 billion (2010 est.)

Exports - commodities:

 
garments, knitwear, agricultural products, frozen food (fish and seafood), jute and jute goods, leather

Exports - partners:

 
US 22.1%, Germany 14.1%, UK 8.5%, France 6.8%, Netherlands 6.1% (2010)

Imports:

 
$31.75 billion (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 62
$24.72 billion (2010 est.)

Imports - commodities:

 
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement

Imports - partners:

 
China 18.9%, India 12.7%, Singapore 6%, Malaysia 4.7%, Japan 4% (2010)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

 
$10.98 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
$11.18 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Debt - external:

 
$24.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
$24.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

 
$7.216 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
$6.107 billion (31 December 2010 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

 
$94.2 million (31 December 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
$91.2 million (31 December 2010 est.)

Exchange rates:

 
taka (BDT) per US dollar -
73.7 (2011 est.)
69.65 (2010 est.)
69.04 (2009)
68.554 (2008)
69.893 (2007)

Fiscal year: