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Poverty Headcount / Bangladesh
Population & Society

Bangladesh Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for Bangladesh, including latest value (18.7), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Bangladesh
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+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: 2022–2022 2022– 2022
2022 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

Bangladesh · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2022–2022
18.7 percent
18.7 percent
18.7 percent
24 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2022
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

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
China 0
India 21.9
Indonesia 9
Germany 14.8
France 15.6

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+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 Poverty Headcount: 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 Poverty Headcount 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 poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data bangladesh, bangladesh poverty headcount statistics, bangladesh percent.