Bangladesh has the highest child marriage rate in South Asia
Women aged 20–24 first married before age 18, latest survey
Source: UNICEF global databases and DHS Program, via World Bank WDI In: Half of Bangladeshi women still marry as children
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Child marriage is falling, but slowly
Share of women aged 20–24 who were first married or in union before age 18 and before age 15, by survey year
Source: UNICEF global databases and DHS Program, from BDHS and MICS surveys, via World Bank WDI In: Half of Bangladeshi women still marry as children
Estimated cognitive loss as blood-lead concentration rises
Average IQ points lost relative to an unexposed child · modelled estimate
Source: DEP modelling based on pooled international dose–response studies In: Lead poisoning crisis threatens 35 million Bangladeshi children
Share of children exceeding the WHO lead reference level, by district
% of tested children with blood-lead above 5 µg/dL · Bangladesh, 2024
Source: UNICEF, Pure Earth & IEDCR, Bangladesh childhood blood-lead survey In: Lead poisoning crisis threatens 35 million Bangladeshi children
Bangladesh breathes air far above every safety threshold
Mean annual exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), µg/m³, 2000–2023
Source: World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's air is cutting years off its people's lives
2023 was Bangladesh's worst dengue year on record
Dengue patients hospitalised per year, 2018–2024
Source: Directorate General of Health Services In: Dengue's record year — 2023 brought more cases than the previous 23 years combined
Dengue deaths per year
Recorded dengue deaths, 2018–2024
Source: Directorate General of Health Services In: Dengue's record year — 2023 brought more cases than the previous 23 years combined
Cyclone deaths by decade
Total recorded cyclone deaths in Bangladesh, 1960–2009 · logarithmic scale
Source: Haque et al., Bulletin of the World Health Organization 90 In: How Bangladesh cut cyclone deaths more than a hundredfold
Storms of similar strength, very different death tolls
Deaths from the four severe cyclones (223–250 km/h winds) recorded 1960–2009: 1970 Bhola 223 km/h, 1991 225 km/h, 1997 225 km/h, 2007 Sidr 250 km/h · logarithmic scale
Source: Haque et al., “Reduced death rates from cyclones in Bangladesh: what more needs to be done?”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 90 In: How Bangladesh cut cyclone deaths more than a hundredfold
TB Incidence by Division
Cases per 100,000 population, 2024
Source: National TB Control Program In: TB prevalence reveals stark geographic disparities in Bangladesh test
Bangladesh reached near-universal electricity access
Share of the population with access to electricity, 2000–2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators In: Bangladesh reached near-universal access to electricity
Under-five mortality has fallen by four-fifths since 1990
Deaths before age five per 1,000 live births, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation In: Under-five mortality in Bangladesh has fallen by nearly two-thirds since 2000
Rice yields have more than doubled since 1990
Average rice (paddy) yield, tonnes per hectare, 1990–2024
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT crops and livestock products, via Our World in Data In: Rice yields per hectare have more than doubled since 1990
Girls overtook boys in secondary school — and the gap has widened
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio by sex, 1998–2024 (no data for 2014)
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Girls now outnumber boys in Bangladesh's secondary schools
More than half of Bangladeshis now use the internet
Individuals using the internet, % of population, 2005–2024
Source: International Telecommunication Union In: More than half of Bangladeshis now use the internet
Bangladeshi households pay a larger share of health costs than anyone else in South Asia
Out-of-pocket spending as a share of current health expenditure, 2022
Source: WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladeshi households pay nearly four-fifths of the country's health bill out of pocket
Fewer people drink arsenic-contaminated water — but progress at the national limit has stalled
People drinking water above each arsenic threshold, millions
Source: BBS & UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys In: Over 27 million Bangladeshis still drink water with arsenic above the WHO guideline
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