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POPULATION
Population (mill) 120

124

126

128

130 131.5 n. a
(Population Growth Rate) (1.95) (3.33) (1.61) (1.59) (1.56) (1.42) n. a
Density per sq. km. 813 840 853 868 882 891 n. a
               

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS (base year 1995-96)

GDP (mill. US$) (at current market price) (old) 40726 42319 44034 45713 47125 47826 n. a
GDP (mill. US$) (at current market Price) (new)  40726  41050 40574 40247 40733 40272 n. a
GDP Growth(%) 9.05 8.64 10.78 9.75 7.91 8.85(p) n. a
GDP Growth(%)(at constant price) (old) /(new) 4.62 5.39 5.23 4.87 5.94 6.04(p) n. a
Per Capita GDP (US$) (old)/ (new) 334 340 348 357 363 364 n. a
Per Capita GDP at constant price (US$) 339 331 322 314 313 306 n. a
               

AGRICULTURE

Contribution to GDP(%)  (at constant price 1984-85) 32.2 32.4 31.6 31.6 32.2 31.8(p) n. a
Growth rate (%)(at constant Price1984-85)  3.7 6.4 2.9 5.1 8.8 5.2(P) n. a
Contribution to GDP (%) (at constant price 1995-96) 20.32 20.39 19.67 19.35 19.49 19.11(p) n. a
 Growth Rate(%)(at constant price1995-96) 2.03 5.57 1.63 3.24 6.92 3.99(p) n. a
               

INDUSTRY

Contribution to GDP(%)  (at constant price 1984-85) 11.3 11.1 11.5 11.2 11.1 11.3(p) n. a
Growth rate (%)(at constant Price1984-85) 5.3 3.5 9.5 3.0 4.8 9.0(P) n. a
Contribution to GDP (%) (at constant price 1995-96) 15.43 15.41 15.88 15.60 15.40 15.84(p) n. a
 Growth Rate(%)(at constant price1995-96) 6.41 5.05 8.54 3.19 4.76 9.10(p) n. a
               

TRADE AND BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

Exports (mill. US$) 3882 4418 5161 5313 5752 6469 2459.86(July-Nov)
Export Growth(%) 11.8 13.8 16.83 2.94 8.27 12.46 (-)10.92(July-Nov)
Import (mill. US$) 6881 7162 7524 8018 8403 8431 1924.05(July-Sept)
Import Growth(%) 19.1 3.1 5.1 6.41 3.34 0.33 (-)1354(July-Sept)
Trade Balance (mill. US$) (-)2999 (-)2744 (-)2352 (-)2693 (-)2641 (-)1962 (-)315.56(July-Sept)
Worker’s Remittance (mill. US$) 1217 1475 1525 1706 1949 1882 926(As in Nov.)
Current Account Balance (mill. US$) (-)1291 (-)534 (-)253 (-)394 (-)1584 (-)803 139.56(July-Sept.)
 Foreign Exchange reserve (mill. US$) 2039 1719 1739 1523 1602 1307 166(As on Jan.)
 Foreign Direct Investment (mill. US$) 1554.10 1053.50 3156.05 1925.54 1949.93 34.42(4th July) n. a
               

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Commitment (mill. US$)

Loan

Grants

1280


416


864

1661

819


842

1791

1206


585

2649

1787


862

1475

856


619

n. a

n. a

Disbursement (mill. US$)

Loan

Grants

1443  


766

677

1481

745

736

1251

748

503

1536

867

669

1588

862

726

n. a n. a
Debt Service Payment (mill. US$) 468 463 444 539 619 n. a n. a
Debt Service Ratio-export earning to Medium and Long term  Debt) 12.1 10.5 8.6 10.1 10.7 n. a n. a

Accumulated Foreign Debt (in bill. US$)

15.2 15.0 14.0 14.8 16.2 n. a n. a
               

PUBLIC FINANCE

Current Revenue (mill. TK.) 155120 171450 187770 197000 213450 241980 n. a
Tax Revenue (mill. TK.) 122330 140740 150010 158550 170960 192780 n. a
Non-Tax Revenue (mill. TK.) 32790 30710 37760 38450 42490 49200 n. a
Revenue Expenditure (mill. TK.) 118140 125350 145000 167650 184440 196330 n. a

ADP allocation (mill. TK.)

104470 117000 122000 140000 165000 175000 n. a

ADP disbursement (mill. TK.)

100160 110410 110370 125090 154710 58730(July-Dec.) n. a
               

MONEY AND BANKING

Money Supply (M1)(mill. TK.) 144590 151670 158880 172500 198810 223474 242435(As in Dec.)
M1 Growth (%) 9.7 4.9 4.76 8.56 15.26 12.4 8.48
Money Supply (M2)(mill. TK.) 457600 507110 558690 630270 747620 871741 943631(As in Dec.)
M2 Growth (%) 8.2 10.8 10.17 12.80 18.62 16.6 8.25

Total Bank Deposits (mill. TK.)

419410 471980 520040 589940 709810 816044 870570(As in Dec.)
Total Domestic Credit (mill. TK.) 434520 493970 556400 629080 714890 841078 911237(As in Dec.)
a)  Public Sector 117920 138920 155220 172700 209450 250369 279428(As in Dec.)
a)  Private Sector 316600 355050 401180 456382 505443 590709 631809(As in dec.)

Bank Rate (%)

6.0-6.5 6.5-7.5 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 6.0
Average Exchange Rate 1US$=TK. 40.20 42.70 45.46 48.06 50.31 53.96 57.00
               

CONSUMER PRICE (NATIONAL)

Index (1985-86=100)

190.27 195.07 208.70 227.29 236.16 239.91 244.01(As on Oct.)
Inflation (%) 6.70 2.52 6.99 8.91 3.90 1.59 1.4(As on Nov.)
               

SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT (as % of GDP)

Gross Investment(% of GDP at current price)

19.99 20.72 21.63 22.19 23.02 23.63(p) n. a
Domestic Savings(% of GDP at current price) 14.90 15.90 17.41 17.71 17.88 18.76(p) n. a
               

Sources:  1. Bangladesh Economic Survey, 2001, Ministry of Finance
              2. Economic Trends 2002, Bangladesh Bank.
Notes   :  P    =  provisional,   n. a =  not available.
              The figure of 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 have been taken from Economic Trends 2002, Bangladesh Bank.

Compiled by DCCI Research Cell



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