Income inequality: Atkinson index in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3594 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Bangladesh, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Bangladesh stood at 0.3594. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Bangladesh peaked at 0.3594 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3075, in 2010.
That places Bangladesh 51st out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3075 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3075 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3075 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3075 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3075 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3075 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3572 | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3572 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3572 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3572 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3572 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3572 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3594 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.3594 | +0.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.3594 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.3594 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.3393, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3274 | 0.3075 | 0.3572 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3583 | 0.3572 | 0.3594 | 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 income inequality: atkinson index in Bangladesh?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Bangladesh was 0.3594 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3594 in 2022.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3075 in 2010.
- How does Bangladesh rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Bangladesh ranks 51st out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.