Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Proportion of total government spending on essential … social was 6.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Bangladesh, 2001–2016
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 6.3% for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in 2016.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 138.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Bangladesh peaked at 7.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2007.
Bangladesh ranks 102nd of 128 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.8% | — |
| 2002 | 3.5% | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -36.2% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | +150.6% |
| 2011 | 7.0% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -2.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 6.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 6.3% is below the median for South Asia, which is 9.0%, 70% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential … social 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +150.6% | 3.0% | 7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.5% | 7 |
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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Bangladesh?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Bangladesh was 6.3% in 2016, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2007.
- How does Bangladesh rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Bangladesh ranks 102nd out of 128 countries with data for 2016.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 138.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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