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The economy has grown 5-6% per year since 1996 despite political instability, poor infrastructure, corruption, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, about 45% of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Bangladesh's growth was resilient during the 2008-09 global financial crisis and recession. Garment exports, totaling $12.3 billion in FY09 and remittances from overseas Bangladeshis totaling $9.7 billion in FY09 accounted for almost 25% of GDP.
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$241.1 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
$228.3 billion (2008 est.)
$215.4 billion (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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$94.51 billion (2009 est.)
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5.6% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
6% (2008 est.)
6.2% (2007 est.)
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$1,500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
$1,500 (2008 est.)
$1,400 (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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agriculture: 18.6%
industry:
28.6%
services:
52.8% (2009 est.)
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72.35 million
country comparison to the world: 8
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2009 est.)
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agriculture: 45%
industry:
30%
services:
25% (2008)
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5.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
4% (2008 est.)
note:
about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages
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36.3% (2008 est.)
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lowest 10%: 8.8%
highest 10%:
26.6% (2008 est.)
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33.2 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 94
33.6 (1996)
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24.2% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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revenues: $11.4 billion
expenditures:
$16.3 billion (2010 est.)
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38.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
39.4% of GDP (2008 est.)
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5.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
8.9% (2008 est.)
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5% (15 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 106
5% (31 December 2008)
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13% (30 September 2009)
country comparison to the world: 38
16.38% (31 December 2008)
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$10.35 billion (30 September 2009)
country comparison to the world: 52
$8.444 billion (31 December 2007)
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$45.23 billion (30 September 2009)
country comparison to the world: 39
$37.98 billion (31 December 2008)
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$47.03 billion (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 53
$40.1 billion (31 December 2007)
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$7.068 billion (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 74
$6.671 billion (31 December 2008)
$6.793 billion (31 December 2007)
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rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
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cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
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5.9% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 16
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22.99 billion kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
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21.38 billion kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 67
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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5,733 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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98,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
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2,612 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
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87,660 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
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28 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
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17.9 billion cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 32
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17.9 billion cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 36
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
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141.6 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
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$2.808 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
$1.032 billion (2008 est.)
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$15.91 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
$15.44 billion (2008 est.)
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garments, frozen fish and seafood, jute and jute goods, leather
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US 20.24%, Germany 12.75%, UK 8.64%, France 6.48%, Netherlands 5.9% (2009)
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$20.22 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
$21.51 billion (2008 est.)
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machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
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China 16.16%, India 12.61%, Singapore 7.55%, Japan 4.63%, Malaysia 4.46% (2009)
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$10.32 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
$5.789 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$23.22 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
$22.83 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$5.617 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
$4.817 billion (31 December 2008 est.)
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$82 million (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
$81 million (31 December 2008 est.)
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taka (BDT) per US dollar - 69.047 (2009), 68.554 (2008), 69.893 (2007), 69.031 (2006), 64.328 (2005)
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