Tax revenue in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Tax revenue was 7.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, tax revenue in Bangladesh stood at 7.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Bangladesh peaked at 9.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2001.
That places Bangladesh 140th out of 157 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.6% | — |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 7.0% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 7.0% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.6% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 8.5% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 7.7% | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 7.6% | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.1% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 7.0% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 7.0% | 7.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 137 Guinea-Bissau 8.3% compare
- 138 Central African Republic 8.2% compare
- 139 Saudi Arabia 8.1% compare
- 141 Angola 7.6% compare
- 142 Sudan 7.4% compare
- 143 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7.4% compare
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 tax revenue in Bangladesh?
- Tax revenue in Bangladesh was 7.6% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2001.
- How does Bangladesh rank for tax revenue?
- Bangladesh ranks 140th out of 157 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. 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.