Budget FY2026-27 · Concentration

Who holds the national budget.

A budget is a statement of priorities written in money. Ranking the 62 ministriesand divisions by their gross FY2026-27 allocation shows how concentrated programme spending really is, once the Finance Division's Tk 830,552 crore debt line (debt servicing, subsidies, inter-government transfers) is set aside. That single line accounts for 54.8% of the gross ministry total and would dwarf every real programme ministry if left in the ranking scale.

64.6%of programme spending held by just 10 of 61 programme units (Finance Division excluded)

Gross figure incl. Finance Division: top 10 hold 81.9% of Tk 1,515,439 crore. Net budget outlay is Tk 9,38,000 crore; simple subtraction of the Finance Division does not equal net outlay.

10.1%

of programme spending held by the single largest unit

25.7%

of programme spending held by the top 3 units

38.7%

of programme spending held by the top 5 units

64.6%

of programme spending held by the top 10 units

Allocation

Gross allocation by budget unit

#Ministry / divisionTk croreShareCum.

1Finance Divisiondebt, subsidies, transfers830,55254.8%54.8%

2Economic Relations Division69,2494.6%59.4%

3Secondary and Higher Education Division57,3023.8%63.2%

4Health Services Division49,3873.3%66.4%

5Ministry of Primary and Mass Education46,7383.1%69.5%

6Ministry of Defence42,4972.8%72.3%

7Local Government Division40,2462.7%75.0%

8Road Transport and Highways Division36,9182.4%77.4%

9Planning Division36,2512.4%79.8%

10Ministry of Food32,4152.1%81.9%

11Public Security Division31,0992.1%84.0%

12Ministry of Social Welfare30,4432.0%86.0%

13Ministry of Agriculture28,8811.9%87.9%

14Technical and Madrasa Education Division18,4571.2%89.1%

15Ministry of Science and Technology18,1151.2%90.3%

16Power Division14,9961.0%91.3%

17Medical Education and Family Welfare Division13,4660.9%92.2%

18Ministry of Water Resources10,5330.7%92.9%

19Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief10,3500.7%93.6%

20Ministry of Railways9,9400.7%94.2%

21Ministry of Shipping9,0800.6%94.8%

22Ministry of Liberation War Affairs7,5150.5%95.3%

23Ministry of Women and Children Affairs5,1960.3%95.7%

24Ministry of Housing and Public Works5,0790.3%96.0%

25Ministry of Public Administration5,0670.3%96.3%

26Internal Resources Division4,6560.3%96.6%

27Election Commission Secretariat4,4010.3%96.9%

28Chief Advisor's Office3,8460.3%97.2%

29Financial Institutions Division3,5660.2%97.4%

30Ministry of Religious Affairs2,9550.2%97.6%

31Bridges Division2,9080.2%97.8%

32Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock2,7280.2%98.0%

33Ministry of Youth and Sports2,5860.2%98.2%

34Ministry of Land2,4390.2%98.3%

35Energy and Mineral Resources Division2,3490.2%98.5%

36Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change2,2400.1%98.6%

37Law and Justice Division2,1880.1%98.8%

38Posts and Telecommunications Division2,1410.1%98.9%

39Information & Communication Technology Division2,0490.1%99.0%

40Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism1,8840.1%99.2%

41Ministry of Foreign Affairs1,8440.1%99.3%

42Ministry of Industries1,6920.1%99.4%

43Ministry of Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs1,4570.1%99.5%

44Ministry of Information and Broadcasting1,1900.1%99.6%

45Rural Development and Cooperative Division1,1060.1%99.6%

46Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment8800.1%99.7%

47Ministry of Cultural Affairs8260.1%99.8%

48Statistics and Informatics Division6720.0%99.8%

49Ministry of Textiles and Jute5120.0%99.8%

50Ministry of Labour and Employment4670.0%99.9%

51Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of Bangladesh3770.0%99.9%

52Ministry of Commerce3280.0%99.9%

53Supreme Court of Bangladesh2910.0%99.9%

54National Parliament2910.0%99.9%

55Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division2310.0%100.0%

56Anti-Corruption Commission1970.0%100.0%

57Bangladesh Public Service Commission1380.0%100.0%

58Cabinet Division1050.0%100.0%

59Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division490.0%100.0%

60Armed Forces Division440.0%100.0%

61President's Office340.0%100.0%

62Security Services Division00.0%100.0%

Source: Ministry of Finance, Budget FY2026-27 gross ministry-wise allocation (Statement 8). The 62 budget-holding ministries and divisions sum to Tk 1,515,439crore (gross Consolidated Fund). Share in the bar list is each unit's allocation as a percentage of this gross total; the cumulative column runs down the ranking. Programme concentration (hero KPIs) is recomputed excluding the Finance Division, whose Tk 830,552 crore (54.8% of gross) is dominated by debt servicing, treasury-bill rollover, subsidies, and inter-government transfers (financing churn, not programme spending). The programme total used as the denominator is Tk 684,887 crore (61 units). 33 programme units sit below 0.5% of the programme total. Net budget outlay is Tk 9,38,000 crore; simple subtraction of the Finance Division line does not equal net outlay (the netting bridge involves multiple adjustments).

Who holds the national budget.

64.6%of programme spending held by just 10 of 61 programme units (Finance Division excluded)

Gross figure incl. Finance Division: top 10 hold 81.9% of Tk 1,515,439 crore. Net budget outlay is Tk 9,38,000 crore; simple subtraction of the Finance Division does not equal net outlay.

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