Bangladesh's per capita income rises to 2,824 USD-Xinhua

Bangladesh's per capita income rises to 2,824 USD

Source: Xinhua

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2022-11-16 14:49:45

DHAKA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's per capita income reached 2,824 U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2021-22 (July 2021-June 2022), showed the latest official data.

The figure stood at 2,591 dollars in the previous 2020-2021 fiscal year (July 2020-June 2021) .

According to a report, which was presented at a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday, Bangladesh's GDP (gross domestic product) growth edged up to 7.25 percent in the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics earlier said the country's gross domestic product increased to 465 billion dollars in the 2021-22 fiscal year from 416 billion dollars in the previous year.