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Bangladesh: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−0.0525%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom −0.669%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.44%10 years
Record high and low
3.47% (2009)low −5.02% (1981)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-6%-4%-2%0%2%4%1970198019902000201020202030BangladeshBangladesh
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.02Forecast
2030-2.07Forecast
2029-1.89Forecast
2028-1.36Forecast
2027-1.21Forecast
2026-0.615Forecast
2025-0.0525
2024-0.669
2023-1.65
2022-3.81
2021-3.79
20200.319
2019-0.839
2018-2.21
2017-2.04
20160.351

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • World Development Indicators1976–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1979–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Bangladesh documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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