Per capita income rises 1pc to $2,769

Business Desk :

The per capita income in Bangladesh rose by 1 percent year-on-year to $2,769 in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to final data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The per capita income was $2,738 in 2023-24.

In local currency, the figure stood at Tk 334,511 in 2024-25, up from Tk 304,102 in the previous year.
In FY25, the size of the Bangladesh economy increased to $456 billion from $450 billion a year earlier, although it was lower than the earlier estimate of $462 billion.

Meanwhile, The finance ministry is likely to project that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will surpass the $500-billion mark for the first time in the upcoming fiscal year (FY), anticipating an economic rebound in FY 2025-26.

The Finance Division estimates that BD’s GDP at current prices will reach $517.7 billion (Tk 6,315,923 crore) in FY26.