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Tax-to-GDP at 8.3% (IMF Art. IV 2025), expenditure composition, deficit financing, debt sustainability, and revenue mobilization options.
Bangladesh does not lack research institutions, it lacks the channels that force evidence into decisions. The constraint is not the count of think tanks but a broken commissioning model, near-zero independent parliamentary research capacity, and a statistical base too slow to inform live policy.
This indicator captures the share of exports in GDP rather than export volumes or competitiveness in specific product categories, so it can shift due to GDP growth, exchange rate movements, and commodity price changes without necessarily reflecting underlying trade performance.
Annual GDP growth figures are subject to subsequent revision as national accounts data and methodology are refined, meaning the 2024 estimate may change in future releases.
The current account balance as a share of GDP can be influenced by revisions to either the balance numerator or the GDP denominator, and preliminary figures for 2024 may be subject to subsequent updating.
This indicator measures the share of population with access to electricity but does not capture hours of available supply, voltage quality, or the frequency of outages, all of which materially affect the welfare impact of a connection.
Life expectancy at birth is a modeled estimate derived from age-specific mortality data and is sensitive to underreporting of deaths, particularly in areas with incomplete civil registration systems.
Stunting estimates rely on household survey data collected at intervals, so year-to-year movements partly reflect methodological differences across survey rounds rather than smooth underlying change.
This indicator captures aggregate personal remittances received but cannot distinguish between formally channelled transfers and informal flows, so the true economic magnitude may differ from the recorded figure.
CPI basket breakdown, food vs non-food inflation, and real wage purchasing power.
Monthly snapshot: NBR revenue, ADP spending, bank borrowing, inflation, and exchange rate against budget assumptions.
FY2025-26 budget: BDT 7.97T total, 11.6% of GDP. Revenue targets, ADP allocation, subsidy burden, and financing composition.
Shipping disruption costs, energy price pass-through, remittance corridor risk, and export market exposure from Middle East conflict.
GDP growth, inflation, exchange rate, reserves, and credit trends from Bangladesh Bank and BBS.
Composite index scoring Bangladesh across 8 dimensions: economy, trade, governance, health, education, energy, environment, and industry.
৳৯৩৮,০০০ কোটি টাকার বাজেটের পাঁচটি যাচাই করা পাঠ: রাজস্বের দেয়াল, ঘাটতির পাটিগণিত, রাষ্ট্রের সম্প্রসারণ, অগ্রাধিকারের আসল হিসাব, আর সংশোধনের মৌসুম।
The FY2026-27 budget needs 19.3% annual revenue growth against 10.9% GDP growth. Five verified findings on credibility, expansion, interest, priorities, and execution risk.
The FY2026-27 budget totals BDT 938,000 crore. Headline numbers, key measures, and ministry-by-ministry breakdown, all verified.
HDI components, poverty headcount, inequality (Gini), and SDG progress tracking.
Two centuries of Bangladesh macro history from the Global Macro Database: output, prices, debt, trade openness, and crisis chronology.
The Closing Ladder: measured 5-year entry probabilities into new export industries from 30 years of BACI HS92 data, Bangladesh's 627 entries since 1996, and the open paths ranked by conversion odds.
NBR revenue collection, ADP spending, deficit financing mix, and debt-to-GDP trajectory.