Bangladesh’s per capita income to increase by $233 within June: BBS

The Report Desk

Published: May 10, 2022, 03:17 PM

Bangladesh’s per capita income to increase by $233 within June: BBS

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has predicted that he per capita income of Bangladesh is going to increase by $233 (Tk20,180) within the next two months.

The per capita income is estimated to be $2,824 (Tk281,470) in this fiscal, and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to grow by 7.5%, according to the latest BBS provisional estimate.

The BBS released its provisional estimate at a press briefing held on Tuesday.

The new projections were made after reviewing the information obtained in the first 6-7 months of the fiscal year 2021-22.

According to the estimate, Agriculture sector is estimated to grow 2.2%, Industry sector 12.31% and Service sector was estimated to grow 8.72%.

The previous fiscal's GDP growth was 6.94% while Bangladesh's per capita income had increased to $2,591.

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