Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Bangladesh Current Account surplus accounted for 0.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jun 2024, compared with a 0.5 % deficit in the previous year.
• Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Jun 1998 to Jun 2024, with an average value of 0.6 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 3.3 % in Jun 2010 and a record low of -3.8 % in Jun 2022.

CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Current Account Balance and annual Nominal GDP. Bangladesh Bank provides Current Account Balance in local currency based on BPM6. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency, at 2015-2016 prices. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2016 is calculated from Nominal GDP based on old classification of data and prior to 2013 is calculated from Current Account Balance based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993, at 1995-1996 prices. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP is in annual frequency, ending in June of each year.


Key information about Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Bangladesh, Current Account recorded a deficit of 522.2 USD mn in Jun 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 720.0 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• Bangladesh Direct Investment Abroad remained the same 0.0 USD mn in Jun 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 85.9 USD mn in Jun 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 460.2 USD bn in Jun 2022.

View Bangladesh's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from 1998 to 2024 in the chart:

What was Bangladesh's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in 2024?

Bangladesh Current Account surplus accounted for 0.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jun 2024, compared with a 0.5 % deficit in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
0.9 2024	-0.5 2023	-3.8 2022	3.3 2010	%	yearly	1998 - 2024

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