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Agriculture > products rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry
Aid as % of GDP	2.5%		[63rd of 129]
Debt > External	$21,230,000,000.00		[67th of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index	33.4		[22nd of 43]
Economic freedom	1.5		[121st of 156]
Economy > Overview The economy has grown 5-6% over the past few years despite inefficient state-owned enterprises, delays in exploiting natural gas resources, insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Bangladesh remains a poor, overpopulated, and inefficiently-governed nation. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single-most-important product. Garment exports and remittances from Bangladeshis working overseas, mainly in the Middle East and East Asia, fuel economic growth.
Exports	$12,450,000,000.00		[76th of 189]
GDP	$61,960,960,000.00		[52nd of 203]
GDP > PPP	$263,434,000,000.00		[32nd of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate	6.3%		[65th of 198]
GDP per capita in 1950	$551.00		[50th of 52]
GDP per capita in 1973	$478.00		[54th of 52]
GINI index	33.4		[27th of 40]
Gross National Income	$48,616,900,000.00		[46th of 172]
Human Development Index	0.52		[140th of 178]
Income category	Low income
Income distribution > Richest 10%	28.6%		[67th of 114]
Population below poverty line	45%		[17th of 46]
Poverty > Share of all poor people	3.49 % of world's poor		[5th of 80]
Public debt	37.4 % of GDP		[58th of 121]

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