Facts about Bangladesh

Disaster risk prevention is a priority in the cooperation. A new agreement on disaster management represents a big step forward in the work of securing the very poorest. Furthermore, 2010 was a dramatic year for the microfinance organisation Grameen Bank.
Estimated population (2010)
162,2 millions

Economy

Gross national income per capita (2010)
609 USD
Economic growth, GDP (2010)
5,10 %
Economic structure, percentage of GDP(2009)
Agriculture
18,7 %
Industry
28,70 %
Services
52,6 %
Defence spending, percentage of GDP (2009)
1,1 %
Especially fragile state, (OECD/DAC) ()
No
Development assistance per capita (2009)
7,6 USD
Development assistance, percentage of GDP (2009)
1,3 %

Health

Malnutrition, children under 5 (2007)
43,2 %
Child mortality per 1000(2009)
52
Change 2000 - 2009
-38
Maternal mortality per 1000 births (2005)
3,5
HIV infection rate, age group 15-49 (2009)
0,1 %
Access to safe drinking water (2008)
80 %
Percentage of urban population living in slums (2007)
70,8 %
Human Development Index (HDI level ) (2010)
0,52

Scale from zero to one, one is the highest level of welfare.

Education

Children in school (2009)
89,6 %
Illiteracy rate, age group 15-24 (2009)
44,1 %
Ratio of girls to 100 boys attending school(2009)
Primary
104,3
Secondary
112,3
Tertiary
56,1

Women

Percentage of women in Parliament (2010)
18,6 %
Women's pay as proportion of men's pay, formal sector ()
Not available

Environment

Area protected for biological diversity (2008)
2,2 %

Corruption

Level of corruption according to the TI Corruption Perception Index (2010)
2,4

Scale from zero to ten, zero is the highest level of corruption.