Central government expense in Bangladesh

Central government expense in Bangladesh was equal to 8.3% of GDP in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2001 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Bangladesh, 2021 8.3% % of GDP
Change from 2020 +0.2percentage points 2020: 8.1%
World, 2021 31.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 123rd of 125 See the full ranking

Central government expense in Bangladesh over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period BangladeshWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 8.3% 31.7%
2020 8.1% 33.4%
2019 8.3% 26.7%
2018 7.5% 26.1%
2017 7.6% 26.3%
2016 7.9% 26.6%
2015 9.0% 26.8%
2014 9.5% 26.8%
2013 9.5% 27.1%
2012 9.6% 27.4%
2011 9.8% 27.5%
2010 9.3% 28.4%
2009 9.9% 28.4%
2008 9.4% 25.9%
2007 8.7% 24.8%
2006 8.3% 24.9%
2005 8.1% 25.1%
2004 7.6% 24.8%
2003 7.8% 25.2%
2002 7.9% 24.9%
2001 7.9% 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 8.1% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 9.8%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 125 countries with data for 2021, Bangladesh has the 123rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 31.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2021 for Bangladesh
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics