Belt and Road Initiative & Bangladesh
9.1 Debt issues: Bangladesh
.
The
•
external debt of
Bangladesh fell from 20
per cent of GDP in 2007
to 15 per cent of GDP in
2015, but rose again to 17
per cent of GDP in 2018.
The absolute amount of
outstanding
external
debt has also increased
from
USD
19354.81
million in 2007 to USD
33511.83 million in 2018.
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Debt outstanding (in million USD)
Figure: External debt of Bangladesh
40000
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
0%
External debt (s % of GDP)
Debt outstanding (in million USD)
External debt( as % of GDP)
Source: Authors' illustration based on data from Economic
Relations Division (ERD), available at https://erd.gov.bd/
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