Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Bangladesh Current Account surplus accounted for 0.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jun 2025, compared with a 0.9 % surplus in the previous year.
• Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Jun 1998 to Jun 2025, with an average value of 1.0 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 3.3 % in Jun 2010 and a record low of -3.8 % in Jun 2022.

*This indicator will be no longer available from March 2026, 4th onwards. CEIC has a plan to remove the non-standard frequency indicator after the standard frequency indicator has been added and be available on this table. CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from monthly Current Account Balance and annual Nominal GDP. Bangladesh Bank provides Current Account Balance in local currency based on BPM6. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics provides Nominal GDP in local currency, at 2015-2016 prices. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2016 is calculated from Nominal GDP based on old classification of data and prior to 2013 is calculated from Current Account Balance based on BPM5 and Nominal GDP based on SNA 1993, at 1995-1996 prices. Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP is in annual frequency, ending in June of each year.


Key information about Bangladesh Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Bangladesh, Current Account recorded a surplus of 337.0 USD mn in Nov 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 320.0 USD mn in Sep 2025.
• Bangladesh Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 7.2 USD mn in Sep 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 41.9 USD mn in Sep 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 459.6 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Bangladesh's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from 1998 to 2025 in the chart:

What was Bangladesh's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in 2025?

Bangladesh Current Account surplus accounted for 0.0 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Jun 2025, compared with a 0.9 % surplus in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
0.0 2025	0.9 2024	-3.8 2022	3.3 2010	%	yearly	1998 - 2025

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