THE DEVELOPMENT
PATHWAY OF BANGLADESH
Bangladesh, currently 41st Economy is set to become the
25th economy by 2035, according to CEBR if current pace
in economic growth continues.
MAJOR GDP CONTRIBUTOR
Average Economic Growth rate 6%+
for a decade
GDP GROWTH
Bangladesh has initiated several infrastructure projects.
Many of these projects qualify as mega projects due to
their size, budget, and economic impact.The government
has also identified a few of them as fast-track projects.
RMG SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
155 GREEN FACTORIES
ECONOMY AT A GLANCE
GDP
INITIATIVES BEHIND
THE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY
THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
GNI
ROOPPUR
NUCLEAR
POWER
PLANT
438,175
7.88
293,773
351,251
416,264
365,638
FY’17
FY’19
FY’21
6.94
6.59
FY’17
PER CAPITA GDP
1816
FY’17
2122
AGRICULTURE SECTOR
303,916
FY’21
FY’21
FY’19
FY’21
PER CAPITA GNI
2209
2591
FY’19
FY’17
1816
GREW YEAR ON YEAR BY
36.11% TO
US $24.78 BN IN FY21
FROM US$18.21 BN
US$38.76 BN in FY21
from US $33.67 BN
in FY20
Increased 15.10%
EXPORT
EARNINGS
( MERCHENDISE)
3
VEGETABLE th
PRODUCTION
AQUACULTURE
PRODUCTION th
FISH PRODUCTION
IN INLAND WATER
BODIES nd
5
1
100 SPECIAL ECONOMIC
ZONES (30,000 HECTARES)
ESTABLISHED
HIGH TECH PARK
Nuclear power plant
[2X1, 200MW] to be operational by 2023.
Upon completing the project, Bangladesh
will also join the elite group of 33 nuclear
power-generating countries globally.
Electricity Production
Total Installed Capacity
13,792 MW
in FY21
3
rd
Inland Open
water Capture
Production
AMONG 11 COUNTRIES
22,031
MW
TELAPIA
PRODUCTION
4th
3rd
US$46.39 BN
AT THE END
OF JUNE 2021
2
HILSHA st
PRODUCTION
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
RESERVE
TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENT
5
rd
RICE
PRODUCTION
INFLOW OF
REMITTANCES
IMPORT
PAYMENTS
(C&F)
DURING FY21 STOOD AT
US$65.59 BN AGAINST
US$54.78 BN DURING
FY20
INCREASED 19.73%
FY’17
FY’21
FY’19
2462
FY’19
IN THE WORLD &
IN ASIA
REMITTANCE
8th
LARGEST REMITTANCE
RECEIVING COUNTRY
PADMA
MULTIPURPOSE
BRIDGE
1st
BANGABANDHU
SATELLITE
2nd
BANGABANDHU
SATELLITE
METRO RAIL
PROJECT
MRT LINE-6
KARNAFULI
TUNNEL
Launched On 12 May 2018
The First Bangladeshi Geostationary
Communications & Broadcasting Satellite
To be launched
by 2026
SOCIAL & HUMAN CAPITAL
DEVELOPMENT
ALLOCATION FOR SOCIAL
SECURITY SECTOR
TK 95,574 CR IN FY23
TK 2,505 CR IN FY06
POPULATION GROWTH
RATE
2.50% in 1974
1.37% in 2022
AVERAGE LIFE
EXPECTANCY
72.6 Years in FY20
59 years in FY20
A BRIEF
PROFILE
OF MCCI
DHAKA
Founded in 1904, the Metropolitan
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) is the oldest
and
the
pre-eminent
trade
organization in Bangladesh. Its
membership role encompasses
leading commercial and large
industrial organizations of the
country, including public sector
corporations and local as well as
multinational companies. Presently,
almost all major enterprises of the
manufacturing and service sector
are among their members. The
Chamber provides a wide range of
professional
services
to
its
members.
The Chamber's services, developed
over
a
long
period,
are
comprehensive
and
cover
specialized areas such as taxation,
import-export, tariff and non-tariff
measures, investment, WTO matters
and other national and international
economic
and
commercial
concerns. The Chamber maintains a
secretariat manned by professional
staff. It offers secret with industrial
relations, occupational safety and
health, workplace cooperation, skills
development, labor law and other
labor-related issues.
INFANT MORTALITY
RATE
84 Per thousand in FY 06
28 Per Thousand in FY20
Graduating As a Developing Country
METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
MATERNAL
MORTALITY RATE
370 Per lakh in FY06
185 per lakh in FY20
LITERACY RATE
(AGED 7 YEARS & ABOVE)
74.4% in 2019
51.91% in 2010
51.9% in 2005
BANGLADESH IN
DEVELOPMENT
TRAJECTORY
Chamber Building, 122-124,
Motijheel C.A, Dhaka- 1000,
Bangldesh
(880)2-223385208-11 &
223354129-(PABX)
sg@mccibd.org
www.mccibd.org
Since her independence in 1971, Bangladesh
has traversed a long distance. The country is
now on the course of graduating from the
least developed country (LDC) status,
propelled by increased human assets, lower
vulnerability and a highly vibrant ecomomy.