Net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Net acquisition of financial assets was 1.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 1.5% for net acquisition of financial assets in 2021.
The figure is down 56.3% on the previous year and down 46.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh peaked at 3.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2017.
Bangladesh ranks 48th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.3% | — |
| 2002 | 2.5% | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -14.0% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -29.4% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +171.7% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -56.1% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | +37.8% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -92.3% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +205.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +57.2% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +367.9% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | -56.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 2.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 1.5% is below the median for South Asia, which is 1.5%, 99% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +367.9% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.4% | 3.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.1% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More public sector data for Bangladesh
- Arms imports 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4321 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 8.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.25 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.009 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.03 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 530.85 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh?
- Net acquisition of financial assets in Bangladesh was 1.5% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net acquisition of financial assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest net acquisition of financial assets recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- How does Bangladesh rank for net acquisition of financial assets?
- Bangladesh ranks 48th out of 134 countries with data for 2021.
- Is net acquisition of financial assets rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.