Poverty & Inequality in Bangladesh 93 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Bangladesh. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 up 100.0% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 up 81.4% 139th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 14.5% 127th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.16 live births per woman 2023 down 3.7% 102nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,408 kg per hectare 2024 up 18.6% 36th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.4% 135th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year 2024 up 10.2% 69th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.29 2023 down 2.5% 169th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.3% 2023 down 2.5% 169th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 66.6% 171st Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -6.08 % change on previous year 2023 down 783.5% 159th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.487 2023 down 15.7% 45th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 6.5% 2023 up 11.6% 182nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1263 2023 down 16.1% 69th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1263 2023 down 16.1% 69th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1385 2023 down 11.2% 87th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 38th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2022 down 80.4% 42nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 20.5% 2022 down 60.7% 32nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 71.5% 2022 down 19.3% 27th Prosperity gap 5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 31.5% 35th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3594 2023 up 16.9% 51st Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.3% 2022 down 71.1% 38th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.1% 2022 down 30.6% 49th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 26.4% 2022 down 41.2% 31st Population living in slums 51.5% 2022 down 5.4% 28th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.482 2023 up 18.4% 110th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.482 2023 up 18.4% 110th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.482 2023 up 18.4% 110th Proportion of population below international poverty line 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 40th Three metrics of inequality 52.98 2016 down 6.0% 68th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5298 2016 down 6.0% 68th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 42.4 2023 up 125.8% 131st Income share held by second 20% 12.8% 2022 up 2.4% 37th Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2022 up 3.1% 54th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.8% 2022 up 2.8% 80th Income share held by highest 20% 40.1% 2022 down 3.4% 80th Income share held by highest 10% 25.5% 2022 down 5.2% 73rd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.7% 2022 down 5.1% 14th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.8% 2022 down 1.1% 21st Gini index 30.9 2022 down 3.7% 92nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 6.8% 2022 up 33.3% 109th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.80 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 78.7% 24th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 1.0% 2022 down 80.8% 43rd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0821 2024 down 61.1% 85th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5167 2016 down 6.9% 55th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5167 2016 down 6.9% 55th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.1% 2024 down 61.9% 79th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 3,837 2017 up 99.2% 121st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 42.4% 2016 down 6.8% 63rd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 16.1% 2016 down 3.7% 43rd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 6.3% 2016 up 138.1% 101st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 37th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3093 2022 down 3.7% 89th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 10.01 million people 2022 down 73.8% 17th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 37th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 37th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 5.9% 2022 down 76.5% 37th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 31.11 million people 2022 up 181.5% 23rd Page 1 of 2 Next →