Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women was 0.1263 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh is 0.1263, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh peaked at 0.4972 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.1263, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 69th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.4747 | — |
| 1951 | 0.4669 | -1.6% |
| 1952 | 0.4592 | -1.6% |
| 1953 | 0.4525 | -1.4% |
| 1954 | 0.443 | -2.1% |
| 1955 | 0.4357 | -1.7% |
| 1956 | 0.4298 | -1.3% |
| 1957 | 0.4201 | -2.3% |
| 1958 | 0.4147 | -1.3% |
| 1959 | 0.4081 | -1.6% |
| 1960 | 0.4058 | -0.6% |
| 1961 | 0.3969 | -2.2% |
| 1962 | 0.3877 | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.3889 | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.3781 | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.387 | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.3702 | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 0.3668 | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.3645 | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 0.3631 | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.4292 | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 0.4972 | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 0.359 | -27.8% |
| 1973 | 0.3583 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.3625 | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.3536 | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3506 | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.3465 | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.3415 | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3355 | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.3296 | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3233 | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3172 | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3107 | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3047 | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.3018 | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2925 | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.287 | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 0.2816 | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.2755 | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.2697 | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2911 | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 0.257 | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2501 | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2427 | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2355 | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2279 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2205 | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2135 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.2065 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2 | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1938 | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1877 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1819 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1765 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1712 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1666 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.1638 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1595 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1572 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1554 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1538 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1523 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1504 | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1481 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1454 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1425 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1395 | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1366 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1339 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1288 | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1347 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.129 | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1263 | -2.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.1263 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1501, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.1263 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.1183, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | -27.8% | 0.4972 | 0.359 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4405 | 0.4081 | 0.4747 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3809 | 0.3631 | 0.4058 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3734 | 0.3355 | 0.4972 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3024 | 0.2755 | 0.3296 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2414 | 0.2065 | 0.2911 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1758 | 0.1572 | 0.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1458 | 0.1339 | 0.1554 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1297 | 0.1263 | 0.1347 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More poverty & inequality data for Bangladesh
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,408 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.29 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women in Bangladesh was 0.1263 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4972 in 1971.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1263 in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women?
- Bangladesh ranks 69th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in women rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.