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42 interactive charts on Bangladesh — hover for exact values, and reuse any of them freely under CC BY 4.0.

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Bangladesh has spent about 2% of GDP on education for a quarter of a century

General government expenditure on education, % of GDP, 1999–2024 (years with data)

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh still spends about 2% of GDP on education

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Childbirth has become far safer for Bangladeshi mothers

Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births (modelled estimate), 1990–2023

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank and UN DESA, Trends in Maternal Mortality, via World Bank WDI In: Childbirth has become far safer in Bangladesh — but four in ten births still happen without a skilled attendant

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Each Bangladeshi uses almost four times the electricity of 2005, yet still only about 630 kWh a year

Electric power consumption, kWh per person, 1990–2024

Source: IEA Energy Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's lights run on fossil fuels — and the gas that powered them is giving way to costlier coal and imports

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Gas's share of Bangladesh's electricity has fallen from 92% to 65% as coal has risen to 20%

Share of electricity generation by fuel, %, 2000–2024 (the small remainder is hydro, solar and other sources)

Source: IEA Energy Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's lights run on fossil fuels — and the gas that powered them is giving way to costlier coal and imports

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Growth has slowed three years in a row

Real GDP growth (% a year), fiscal years 2000–2025

Source: World Bank and OECD national accounts, from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's growth has slowed to 3.5%, its weakest pace in a generation outside the pandemic

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Imports now meet nearly half of Bangladesh's energy use, up from a fifth a decade ago

Net energy imports, % of energy use, 1990–2024 (years without data omitted)

Source: IEA Energy Statistics, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's lights run on fossil fuels — and the gas that powered them is giving way to costlier coal and imports

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Remittances have rebounded to 7.4% of GDP, still below the 2012 peak

Personal remittances received, % of GDP, 2000–2025

Source: World Bank staff estimates, IMF balance of payments data and national accounts, via World Bank WDI In: Remittances are worth 7.4% of Bangladesh's GDP — rising again after a decade-long slide from 10.6%

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Six in ten births now have a skilled attendant

Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total), by survey year

Source: UNICEF State of the World's Children, from DHS and MICS surveys, via World Bank WDI In: Childbirth has become far safer in Bangladesh — but four in ten births still happen without a skilled attendant

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Extreme poverty has fallen from half the population to about 6%

Share of people living on less than $3.00 a day (2021 prices), by survey year

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI In: Extreme poverty in Bangladesh has fallen from half the population to about 6%

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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

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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

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Social JusticeLine

Inequality rose in the 1990s and has eased slightly since

Gini index of household consumption (0 = everyone equal, 100 = one person has everything), by survey year

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, from BBS Household Income and Expenditure Surveys, via World Bank WDI In: Income inequality in Bangladesh rose in the 1990s and has eased only slightly since

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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

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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

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Social JusticeLine

Twice as many men as women are in the labour force

Labour force participation rate, % of people aged 15+, by sex (modelled ILO estimates)

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates, via World Bank WDI In: Only about four in ten Bangladeshi women are in the labour force

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Fewer children in hazardous work, but child labour has not fallen

Children aged 5–17, millions — National Child Labour Survey 2013 and 2022

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, National Child Labour Survey 2022 In: 1.78 million Bangladeshi children are in child labour — about as many as a decade ago

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More births are registered, but over 4 in 10 children still lack one

Completeness of birth registration, % of children under 5, household survey estimates

Source: UNICEF and BBS Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys, via World Bank WDI In: More than four in ten young children in Bangladesh have no birth registration

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Bangladesh hosts more than a million refugees

Refugees under UNHCR's mandate living in Bangladesh, end of year

Source: UNHCR, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh now hosts more than a million refugees

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The average Bangladeshi emits a fraction of the world average

CO₂ emissions per person, tonnes, 2024 (excluding land use)

Source: EDGAR / Joint Research Centre, via World Bank WDI In: The average Bangladeshi emits about 0.7 tonnes of CO₂ a year — a sixth of the world average

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Bangladesh's greenhouse gas emissions have tripled since 1990

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding land use, million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent

Source: EDGAR / Joint Research Centre, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's greenhouse gas emissions have tripled since 1990

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Renewables' share of Bangladesh's energy has fallen by two-thirds

Renewable energy, % of total final energy consumption (mostly traditional biomass such as wood and dung)

Source: IEA, IRENA, UN Statistics Division, World Bank and WHO In: Renewables' share of Bangladesh's energy has fallen from 72% to 25%

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About one in twelve Bangladeshis lives less than 5 metres above sea level

Share of the population living where land elevation is below 5 metres

Source: CIESIN In: More than 13 million Bangladeshis live less than 5 metres above sea level

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Only about 14% of Bangladesh is forest

Forest area, % of land area

Source: FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment, via World Bank WDI In: Only 14% of Bangladesh's land is forest — and it is still shrinking

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HealthLine

Child stunting has fallen by more than half since the 1990s

Share of children under 5 who are too short for their age (stunted), by survey year

Source: UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates, from BDHS and MICS surveys, via World Bank WDI In: Child stunting in Bangladesh has fallen from 60% to 24%

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HealthLine

Recorded suicide rates have fallen, but the data are thin

Suicide mortality rate, deaths per 100,000 people (WHO estimates)

Source: WHO Global Health Estimates, via World Bank WDI In: Bangladesh's estimated suicide rate has fallen, but mental health care barely exists

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TB Incidence by Division

Cases per 100,000 population, 2024

Source: National TB Control Program In: TB prevalence reveals stark geographic disparities in Bangladesh

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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

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HealthLine

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Farming's share of jobs has risen again since 2019

Share of total employment by sector, %, 1991–2025 (modelled ILO estimates)

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates, via World Bank WDI

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Full immunization rose from 2% to 84%

Share of children aged 12–23 months who received all basic vaccines

Source: Bangladesh EPI Coverage Evaluation Surveys

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One in five young women is neither studying nor working

Share of youth aged 15–24 not in education, employment or training, %, by sex, 2022–2024

Source: International Labour Organization, Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank WDI

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Young men are far more likely than young women to be counted as unemployed

Unemployment rate, ages 15–24, % of labour force, by sex, 2000–2025 (modelled ILO estimates)

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT modelled estimates, via World Bank WDI