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Statistical Profile: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 2001
Item FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 2K
A. Macro Economic Indicators
I. Real Sector

GDP growth rate (1995-96 prices)

4.6 5.4 5.2 4.9 5.9
Per capita GDP (Tk,) 13,622 14,538 15,824 17.150 18,270
Per capita GDP (US $) 334 340 348 357 363
Per capita GNI (Tk.) 14,028 15,008 16,338 17,740 18,942
Per capita GNI (US $)
343 351 359 369 377
Exports 11.1 12.0 13.3 13.2 14.0
Import 18.7 18.0 18.3 18.7 19.2
 
II. Labour Market Indicators
Unemployment and under employment rate 52.8 51.9 51.0 52.4 52.5
Labour force growth rate 18.5 18.6 18.8 NA NA
III. Fisal Sector (Central Government) b/
Total revenue (billion Tk.) 155.1 171.4 187.8 197.0 213.5
Tax- revenue (billion Tk.) 122.3 140.7 150.0 158.5 171.0
Non- tax revenue (billion Tk.) 32.8 30.7 37.8 38.5 42.5
Total expenditure (billion Tk.) 236.5 250.1 270.7 332.1 379.5
Revenue expenditure (billion Tk.) 118.1 125.4 145.0 167.7 170.6
Development expenditure (billion Tk.) 108.4 123.8 123.0 141.2 170.6
ADP (billion Tk.) 104.5 117.0 122.0 140.0 165.0
 
B. Social Sector Indicators
I. Population And Demography
Population (million) 119.9 122.1 124.3 126.5 128.1
Female Population (million) 58.4 59.4 60.4 61.4 NA
Male Population (million) 61.6 62.7 63.9 64.8 NA
Urban Population (million) 25.3 26.1 26.9 27.8 NA
Rural Population (million) 94.7 96.0 97.4 98.4 NA
Urban population (% of total population) 21.1 21.4 21.7 22.0 NA
Age composition of population (%)
00-14
15-49
50+


NA
NA
NA


40.4
48.6
11.0


40.3
49.3
10.2


38.8
50.4
10.8


NA
NA
NA
Sex ratio 105.7 105.6 105.8 105.7 NA
Population density (Per sq.km) 812 827 842 855 NA
Population growth rate 1.81 1.75 1.55 1.50 NA
 
Health and Education
Maternal mortality rate (MMR) 4.5 4.4 3.5 3.0 NA
Total fertility fertility rate (TFR) 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.9 NA
Net reproduction rate (NRR) 1.41 1.40 1.37 1.31 NA
Crude birth rate (Per 1000 live births) 27.0 25.6 21.0 19.8 NA
Crude death rate (Per 1000 live births) 8.4 8.1 5.5 4.8 NA
Contraceptive prevalence rate 48.7 49.9 50.9 51.5 NA
Literacy rate (age 7+) 44.3 44.8 47.3 48.7 NA
Adult literacy rate ( age 15+) 47.3 48.2 51.0 56.0 58.0
School attendance rate (5-24 years 48.8 50.1 52.3 55.3 NA
Pupil-teacher ratio:
Primary
Secondary
College
University
66:1
36:1
34:1
36:1
68:1
36:1
33:1
30:1

68:1
36:1
33:1
30:1

NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Primary school enrolment rate:
Male
Female
74.2
80.7
73.4
79.0
78.5
79.1
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Secondary School enrolment rate NA 34.9 36.7 39.1 41.3
 
II. Poverty
Number of people per room NA NA NA NA 4.7
Income distribution
(Gini coefficient)
National
Urban
Rural


NA
0.49
0.42


NA
0.44
0.38



NA
0.43
0.39


0.43
0.31
0.39


0.39
0.42
0.39
Head count index
National
urban
Rural

NA
43.3
46.8

NA
44.4
43.4

NA
43.4
46.8

NA
44.4
47.6

44.7
43.3
44.9
Source: a/ =BBS, b/ =Ministry of Finance, c/=Bangladesh Bank
Note: Estimated figure other than FY 96 and FY2k (provisional), NA=not available
 
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