Bangladesh Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for Bangladesh, including latest value (31.2), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Bangladesh
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Bangladesh · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
70 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 17.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 13.8 / 20
External stability 13.6 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity 10 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 72% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2001–2003 20012003
2001 2003
Selected year: 2003 · Value: n/a 2003

Bangladesh · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

2001–2003
31.2 percent of GDP
31.86 percent of GDP
31.51 percent of GDP
34 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2001 2002 2003
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
India 46.52
South Korea 48.55
Singapore 175.61
United States 117.97
Germany 20.85

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Bangladesh Snapshot

country profile
Population 173.56 m
GDP 450.12 bn
Debt/GDP 31.2%
Inflation 10.47%
Unemployment 3.78%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

Bangladesh Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Bangladesh. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: bangladesh government debt rate, government debt data bangladesh, bangladesh government debt statistics, bangladesh percent of gdp.