Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Annual growth of GDP per employed person was 2.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Bangladesh, 2000–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 2.4% for annual growth of gdp per employed person in 2025.
That represents a change of down 61.9% on the previous year and down 55.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual growth of gdp per employed person in Bangladesh peaked at 6.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2017.
That places Bangladesh 65th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Annual growth of GDP per employed person in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.6% | — |
| 2001 | 3.0% | +15.6% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -27.0% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | +47.7% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | +37.8% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | +31.8% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -18.9% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -46.8% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | +192.2% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -83.9% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | +427.7% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -49.1% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +19.5% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | +29.1% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | +46.7% |
| 2025 | 2.4% | -61.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.2% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 0.9% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 2.4% | 6.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More work & labour data for Bangladesh
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4985 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4763 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5215 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 117,837 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 84,090 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 104,333 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 104,263 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 208,597 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual growth of gdp per employed person in Bangladesh?
- Annual growth of gdp per employed person in Bangladesh was 2.4% in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest annual growth of gdp per employed person recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
- How does Bangladesh rank for annual growth of gdp per employed person?
- Bangladesh ranks 65th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual growth of gdp per employed person rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual growth of GDP per employed person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%).