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2. Is the national budget "big" in Bangladesh?
Public Expenditure-GDP Ratio (%)
16.50
15.74
16.09
14.22
14.65
15.17
15.20
15.27
15.22
14.88
13.27
13.25
13.04
13.05
12.20
11.49
11.59
Bangladesh ranks 137th out of
143 countries in terms of public
expenditure-GDP ratio
• The global median value for
public expenditure (as % of GDP)
is 32.2%
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FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
■Original Budget
FY21
FY22
FY23*
FY24
■Actual Expenditure
Note: * indicates that for FY23, the revised budget figure has been considered as actual expenditure
Public expenditure in FY2023 has been very low compared to the annual target - to
some extent by intension
• Attaining the public expenditure target in FY2024 may require approx. 40% growth
over the actual achieved public expenditure by the end of the year
National Budgets in Bangladesh: Myths and Realities
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