The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

      agriculture: 45%

      industry: 30%

      services: 25% (2008)

      Unemployment rate:

      5.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 5.1% (2009 est.)

      note: about 40% of the population is underemployed; many participants in the labor force work only a few hours a week, at low wages

      Population below poverty line:

      36.3% (2008 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 8.8%

      highest 10%: 26.6% (2008 est.)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      33.2 (2005) country comparison to the world: 94 33.6 (1996)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      23.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

      Public debt:

      39.3% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 74 39.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      8.1% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 188 5.4% (2009 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      5% (31 October 2010) country comparison to the world: 86 5% (31 December 2008)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      14.6% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 38 16.38% (31 December 2008 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $13.98 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 67 $10.92 billion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $57.21 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 64 $63.03 billion (31 December 2009)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $62.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 $53.77 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $7.068 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 74 $6.671 billion (31 December 2008)

      $6.793 billion (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry

      Industries:

      cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar

      Industrial production growth rate:

      6.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 50

      Electricity - production:

      25.62 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 66

      Electricity - consumption:

      23.94 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 65

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2008 est.)

      Oil - production:

      5,733 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

      Oil - consumption:

      96,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 76

      Oil - exports:

      2,612 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 109

      Oil - imports:

      87,660 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 67

      Oil - proved reserves:

      28 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82

      Natural gas - production:

      19.7 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

      Natural gas - consumption:

      19.7 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 35

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 199

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 199

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      195.4 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 46

      Current account balance:

      $3.734 billion (2010) country comparison to the world: 34 $2.416 billion (2009)

      Exports:

      $16.24 billion (2010) country comparison to the world: 73 $15.58 billion (2009)

      Exports - commodities:

      garments, frozen fish and seafood, jute and jute goods, leather

      Exports - partners:

      US 22.5%, Germany 14.2%, UK 9.6%, France 7%, Netherlands 6.4% (2009)

      Imports:

      $21.34 billion (2010) country comparison to the world: 68 $20.3 billion (2009)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement

      Imports - partners:

      China 16.16%, India 12.61%, Singapore 7.55%, Japan 4.63%, Malaysia 4.46% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $10.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 53 $10.34 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $24.46 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 69 $24.22 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $6.72 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 83 $5.617 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $82 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 80 $81 million (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      taka (BDT) per US dollar - 70.59 (2010), 69.039 (2009), 68.554 (2008), 69.893 (2007), 69.031 (2006)

      Communications ::Bangladesh

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      1.522 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 63

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      50.4 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 24

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: inadequate for a modern country; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities

      domestic: fixed-line teledensity remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly and now exceeds 30 telephones per 100 persons

      international: country code - 880;