Bangladesh's economy has grown roughly 6% per year since 2005 despite prolonged periods of political instability, poor infrastructure, endemic corruption, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the services sector, almost half of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product.
Garments, the backbone of Bangladesh's industrial sector, accounted for more than 80% of total exports in FY 2016-17. The industrial sector continues to grow, despite the need for improvements in factory safety conditions. Steady export growth in the garment sector, combined with $13 billion in remittances from overseas Bangladeshis, contributed to Bangladesh's rising foreign exchange reserves in FY 2016-17. Recent improvements to energy infrastructure, including the start of liquefied natural gas imports in 2018, represent a major step forward in resolving a key growth bottleneck.
Agriculture: 42.7%
Industry: 20.5%
Services: 36.9% (2016 est.)
2017: 4.4%
2016: 4.4%
Lowest 10: 4%
Highest 10: 27% (2010 est.)
2010: 32.1
2005: 33.2
Revenues: 25.1 billion (2017 est.)
Expenditures: 33.5 billion (2017 est.)
2017: 33.1% of GDP
2016: 33.3% of GDP
11 December 2017: 5%
30 October 2015: 5%
31 December 2017: 9.54%
31 December 2016: 10.41%
31 December 2017: $28.68 billion
31 December 2016: $25.98 billion
31 December 2017: $28.68 billion
31 December 2016: $25.98 billion
31 December 2017: $152.1 billion
31 December 2016: $135.3 billion
30 September 2017: $92.33 billion
31 December 2016: $77.99 billion
31 December 2015: $71.73 billion
31 December 2017: $33.42 billion
31 December 2016: $32.28 billion
31 December 2017: $50.26 billion
31 December 2016: $41.85 billion
31 December 2017: $14.62 billion
31 December 2016: $13.24 billion
31 December 2017: $369.6 million
31 December 2016: $228.5 million
Currency: taka (BDT) per US dollar -
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