Data for Bangladesh, Lower middle income, Middle income, Low income, Upper middle income 

Social

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2022)

Bangladesh5.9
Lower middle in...12.0
Low income56.3
Upper middle in...2.1

(2022)

Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2023)

Bangladesh75
Lower middle in...70
Middle income73
Low income65
Upper middle in...76

(2023)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh173,562,364
Lower middle in...3.12
Middle income5.94
Low income624,608,098
Upper middle in...2.82

(2024)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh1.2
Lower middle in...1.3
Middle income0.8
Low income2.7
Upper middle in...0.3

(2024)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

Bangladesh-402,100
Lower middle in...-3,535,408
Middle income-2,425,857
Low income121,767
Upper middle in...1,109,551

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

Bangladesh0.464

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024 billion)

Bangladesh450.12
Lower middle in...7,941.31
Middle income38,925.71
Low income469.28
Upper middle in...30,986.05

(2024 billion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh2,593.4
Lower middle in...2,544.5
Middle income6,554.4
Low income751.3
Upper middle in...10,996.1

(2024)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh4.2
Lower middle in...5.2
Middle income4.4
Low income2.3
Upper middle in...4.2

(2024)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2025)

Bangladesh3.8
Lower middle in...4.3
Middle income4.9
Low income5.3
Upper middle in...5.4

(2025)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh10.5
Lower middle in...4.6
Middle income3.6
Low income4.2
Upper middle in...3.1

(2024)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh6.1
Lower middle in...5.3
Middle income1.7
Low income3.6
Upper middle in...0.8

(2024)

Trend

Environment

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Forest area (% of land area)
Forest area (% of land area)
Most recent value

(2023)

Bangladesh14.5
Lower middle in...29.4
Middle income29.3
Low income20.4
Upper middle in...29.2

(2023)

Trend
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh0.7
Lower middle in...1.7
Middle income4.1
Low income0.3
Upper middle in...6.7

(2024)

Trend
Access to electricity (% of population)
Access to electricity (% of population)
Most recent value

(2023)

Bangladesh99.5
Lower middle in...91.3
Middle income95.2
Low income45.3
Upper middle in...99.4

(2023)

Trend
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)
Most recent value

(2022)

Bangladesh34
Lower middle in...20
Middle income12
Low income5
Upper middle in...8

(2022)

Trend
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
Most recent value

(2021)

Bangladesh0.8
Lower middle in...8.3
Middle income11.2
Low income-0.1
Upper middle in...11.9

(2021)

Trend
People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)
People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh37
Lower middle in...52
Low income27
Upper middle in...62

(2024)

Trend

Institutions

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)
Most recent value

(2018)

Bangladesh2
Lower middle in...4
Middle income6
Low income10
Upper middle in...6

(2018)

Trend
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2003)

Bangladesh31.2

(2003)

Trend
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100)
Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh71.6
Lower middle in...64.1
Low income56.0
Upper middle in...69.3

(2024)

Trend
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Most recent value

(2023)

Bangladesh45
Lower middle in...63
Low income23
Upper middle in...89

(2023)

Trend
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Most recent value

(2023)

Bangladesh21
Lower middle in...23
Middle income26
Low income23
Upper middle in...27

(2023)

Trend
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2024)

Bangladesh0.3
Lower middle in...1.8
Middle income1.1
Low income4.8
Upper middle in...0.9

(2024)

Trend
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Lower middle income

  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Rep.
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt, Arab Rep.
  • Eswatini
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Solomon Islands
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tunisia
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Viet Nam
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Middle income

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Rep.
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt, Arab Rep.
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran, Islamic Rep.
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Libya
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Viet Nam
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Low income

  • Afghanistan
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Eritrea
  • Gambia, The
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Niger
  • Rwanda
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia, Fed. Rep.
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Yemen, Rep.

Upper middle income

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Cabo Verde
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Indonesia
  • Iran, Islamic Rep.
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Libya
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Samoa
  • Serbia
  • South Africa
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Thailand
  • Tonga
  • Turkiye
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Ukraine