Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Economic Indicators Comparison

Bangladesh with a GDP of $274B ranked the 44th largest economy in the world, while Sri Lanka ranked 65th with $88.9B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ranked 10th vs 51st and 155th vs 120th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatBangladeshSri Lanka
GDP$274B$88.9B
GDP growth, 1 year7.7%3%
GDP growth, 5-years average7.1%4.2%
Population164.7M21.4M
GDP per capita$1.7k$4.1k
GDP per capita growth6.74%2.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor31.949.49
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.390.3
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$4.6k$13k
GNI, Atlas method$282B$87.9B
GNI per capita$1.8k$4.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted$737.6B$284.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$4.6k$13k

Financial system and Human development

StatBangladeshSri Lanka
Income Tax Rate25%24%
Corporate Tax Rate45%28%
Inflation, consumer prices5.6%4.3%
Inflation, GDP deflator5.6%4.3%
Unemployment4.3%4.4%
Economic Freedom Index56.457.4
Personal Freedom Index5.65.24
Human Freedom Index5.85.69
Property Rights Index4147.7
Judical Effectiveness Index36.139.2
Business Freedom Index52.376.5
Fiscal Health Index76.839.3
Labor Freedom Index68.458.6
Investment Freedom Index4540
Financial Freedom Index3040
Trade Freedom Index63.667.6
Monetary Freedom Index7071.1
Government Spending Index94.388.9
Tax Burden Index72.784.8
Government Integrity Index26.634.7
Corruption Perceptions Index2638
Life expectancy at birth, years72.176.6
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people5.914.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people15.314.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.22.3
International tourism, number of arrivals1M2.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatBangladeshSri Lanka
Central government debt, % of GDP34.8%84.1%
External debt stocks, % of GNI18.2%60.8%
External debt stocks$52.1B$52.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves28.2%118.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income6.3%36%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI24.5%28.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP33.3%25.5%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP31.2%28.6%
Total reserves including gold$32B$6.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$2.9B$1.6B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatBangladeshSri Lanka
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP14.8%22.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23.4%30.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$7.6B-$2.8B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP10.2%13.3%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.3B$182.6M
Personal remittances received$15.6B$7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP28.5%27%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP13.1%7.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$39.7MN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$444kN/A
Expense, % of GDP9.4%16.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP13.7%19.2%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Bangladesh vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M

Sri Lanka vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Iran
$5.6k
80M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M
Indonesia
$3.9k
264M
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M