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Atlas of Bangladesh
Read static evidence maps at district and upazila level. Every plate leads with its finding and states its source, unit, coverage, and missing geography.
Section
Population and settlement
Population
Dhaka packs 95 times more people per square kilometre than Rangamati
Persons per square kilometre, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Households
Sylhet's households hold 5.2 people, Gazipur's 3.3
Average persons per household, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Population
Gopalganj is 27% Hindu, Meherpur 1%
Hindu share of the population, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Population
Ethnic minorities are 1% of Bangladesh and 58% of Rangamati
Ethnic-minority share of the population, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Population
One woman in ten aged 10 and over is widowed
Widowed share of women aged 10 and over, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Population
Gazipur grew three times faster than the country; only Jhalokati shrank
Average annual population growth, 2011 to 2022, by district
64 of 64 districts
Population
Brahmanbaria has 87 men per 100 women, Dhaka has 116
Men per 100 women, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Population
Brahmanbaria carries nearly twice Dhaka's dependency burden
Dependants per 100 people of working age, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Settlement
Bangladesh is a third urban, but 54 of its 64 districts sit below that
Share of households in urban areas, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Education
Education
Rural Pirojpur, not Dhaka, has the country's highest literacy rate
Share of people aged 7 and over who are literate, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Education
Female literacy spans 27 points, from Bandarban to Pirojpur
Share of women and girls aged 7 and over who are literate, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Education
Women out-read men in only four of Bangladesh's 64 districts
Female minus male literacy rate, percentage points, aged 7 and over, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Education
Brahmanbaria has 110 female students per 100 male, Rajshahi 82
Female students per 100 male students, aged 5 to 29, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Youth and work
Youth
In 49 of 64 districts, more than a third of 15-24s are not in education or work
NEET rate, share of people aged 15-24, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Youth
In Bhola, 61% of young women are not in education, employment or training
Female NEET rate, share of women aged 15-24, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Youth
Young women's exclusion exceeds young men's in every district, by 31 to 50 points
Female minus male NEET rate, percentage points, aged 15-24, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Economy and work
Work
Agriculture still employs 63% of workers in Sunamganj and 5% in Dhaka
Share of employed people working in agriculture, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
Industrial work concentrates in a narrow Gazipur-Narayanganj corridor
Share of employed people working in industry, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
Services are the largest sector in 19 districts but pass half in only seven
Share of employed people working in services, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
One woman in ten is employed, and in Feni one in sixteen
Employed share of women and girls aged 5 and over, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
More than half of women and girls aged 5 and over do unpaid household work
Share of women and girls aged 5 and over whose main activity is household work, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
Four in five Gazipur workers draw a wage, two in five in Netrakona
Share of employed people working for a salary or wage, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
Three in ten Bandarban workers produce for their own household, not a market
Share of employed people working for household use or consumption, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Work
Nowhere do more than 3% of people report looking for work
Share of people aged 5 and over looking for work, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Migration
A third of Feni's households receive money from abroad, 0.7% of Lalmonirhat's
Share of general households receiving foreign remittances, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Activity
Dhaka's nights are fifteen times brighter than Rangamati's
Mean annual night-time radiance, nanowatts per square centimetre per steradian, 2023
64 of 64 districts
Activity
The southern coastal belt lit up fastest since 2014; Dhaka ranks 56th of 64
Change in mean annual night-time radiance, per cent, 2014 to 2023
64 of 64 districts
Vulnerability
Food insecurity tracks the northern monga belt, led by Kurigram
INFORM food-security vulnerability score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Digital and financial inclusion
Digital
Internet use in Dhaka is three and a half times Panchagarh's
Share of people aged 5 and over using the internet, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Finance
No district has half its people holding a bank account
Share of people aged 15 and over with a bank or financial-institution account, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Finance
Mobile money reaches more people than banks do, in every district
Share of people aged 15 and over with a mobile-money account, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Finance
Mobile money's lead over banking runs from 4 points to 27
Mobile-money share minus bank-account share, percentage points, aged 15 and over, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Digital
More than half of people aged 5 and over have a phone in 53 of 64 districts
Share of people aged 5 and over with a mobile phone for their own use, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Living standards
Housing
Four in five households own their home, and in Dhaka only 28%
Share of general households owning their dwelling, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Sanitation
More than a quarter of households share a toilet with another household
Share of general households whose toilet is shared, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Sanitation
Improved sanitation reaches 43% of Bandarban and 92% of Magura
Share of general households with improved sanitation, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Water
Ten districts fall below 95% on tap or tube-well water, led by Bagerhat at 57%
Share of general households using tap or tube-well water, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Energy
Electricity reaches 97% of general households in 59 of 64 districts
Share of general households with grid or solar electricity, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Housing
One house in fifty is brick-built in Kurigram, two in three in Dhaka
Share of general households in a pucca structure, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Housing
The 12 districts with the most shanty housing are all delta or wetland
Share of general households in a jhupri, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Energy
Three in four households still cook on wood, dung or crop residue
Share of general households whose main cooking fuel is solid biomass, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Hygiene
A third of Bandarban's households have soap and water at hand, nine in ten of Dhaka's
Share of general households with soap and water at a handwashing place, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Wealth
Nine of the ten poorest upazilas are in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Relative Wealth Index, mean of 2.4 km grid cells, by upazila
536 of 544 upazilas
Section
Health
Health
Reported disability is three times higher in Jhalokati than in Dhaka
Share of people reported as having a disability, by district, Census 2022
64 of 64 districts
Health
Epidemic risk is highest where people are densest and most mobile
INFORM epidemic hazard score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Health
Health services are thinnest in Sherpur and Cox's Bazar, best reached in Gopalganj
INFORM lack-of-access-to-health score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Section
Climate and exposure
Flood
Nearly three in five Bangladeshis live in the 100-year floodplain
Share of district population inside the 1-in-100-year river flood extent
64 of 64 districts
Sea level
99.5% of Jhalokati's people live below five metres; in Bogura, none do
Share of district population living below 5 metres elevation
64 of 64 districts
Air
Every district breathes air at 8 to 17 times the WHO guideline
Population-weighted annual mean PM2.5, micrograms per cubic metre
64 of 64 districts
Heat
Dhaka's people live 2.1C hotter than its average land surface
Population-weighted minus areal mean daytime land surface temperature, March to May, 2020 to 2024
64 of 64 districts
Air
Nitrogen dioxide peaks over the Dhaka-Narayanganj industrial belt
Mean annual tropospheric nitrogen dioxide column, micromoles per square metre, 2024
64 of 64 districts
Air
Aerosol loading is worst across the north-western border districts
Mean annual aerosol optical depth at 550 nm, 2024
64 of 64 districts
Heat
The hottest land surface runs along the western border, with Cox's Bazar the exception
Mean annual daytime land surface temperature, degrees Celsius, 2024
64 of 64 districts
Climate
Sunamganj gets nearly three times Chapai Nawabganj's rain
Mean annual rainfall, millimetres, 2015 to 2024
64 of 64 districts
Heat
Dhaka's nights run 3.6C warmer than Panchagarh's
Population-weighted night-time land surface temperature, degrees Celsius
64 of 64 districts
Hazard
Drought risk concentrates in the north-west Barind, not the dry season generally
INFORM drought hazard score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Hazard
Cyclone risk stops at the coast: 40 of 64 districts score zero
INFORM cyclone hazard score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Hazard
Lightning risk peaks in the haor, where people work open ground in the monsoon
INFORM lightning hazard score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Risk
Bandarban and Cox's Bazar carry the highest overall risk, Narayanganj the lowest
INFORM overall risk score, 0 to 10, by district, 2022
64 of 64 districts
Risk
Five of the six highest-risk upazilas are in Bandarban
INFORM overall risk score, 0 to 10, by upazila, 2022
528 of 544 upazilas
Section
Land and water
Land
The Hill Tracts stay green while the haor basin runs bare
Mean annual normalised difference vegetation index, 2024
64 of 64 districts
Land use
Nearly half the country is cropland, and three-quarters of Naogaon
Cropland as a share of district land area, 2021
64 of 64 districts
Land use
Bandarban is 97% tree cover, Khulna 11%
Tree cover as a share of district land area, 2021
64 of 64 districts
Land use
Three districts hold 98% of Bangladesh's mangroves
Mangrove cover as a share of district land area, 2021
64 of 64 districts
Land use
Even Dhaka district is under a tenth built-up
Built-up surface as a share of district land area, 2020
64 of 64 districts
Land use
Bandarban has lost tree cover across 27% of its land since 2001
Cumulative tree-cover loss, 2001 to 2023, as a share of district land area
64 of 64 districts
Water
Permanent water covers 19% of Bhola and 3% of the country
Permanent surface water as a share of district land area, 2021
64 of 64 districts
Method and sources
Each plate is rendered by scripts/build_atlas.py from the same manifest that builds this page, so the gallery and the maps cannot disagree about what exists. Census plates are rebuilt from the standalone BBS Census 2022 tables published through HDX rather than from a derived file, and the rebuild asserts cross-table identities before it writes. District names are resolved through a crosswalk that raises rather than dropping an unmatched spelling. Where a plate covers fewer than all units, the count above the fold and on the plate itself says so.
Source: BBS Census 2022, Earth observation collections, INFORM 2022, and Meta RWI, as identified on each plate