Investor Presentaiton
CENTRE FOR
9.1 Debt issues: Bangladesh
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Despite the recent trend
of increasing external
•
debt, Bangladesh's good
debt servicing record
has
ensured
that
external debt has not
piled up.
The total debt service as
a percentage of total
exports decreased from
8.6 per cent in 2013 to
3.9 per cent in 2018.
POLICY DIALOGUE
3000
Total debt service in million USD
Figure: Debt servicing record of Bangladesh
4000
3500
10
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
987654321 O
Total debt service in million USD
-Total debt service (as % of exports)
Source: Authors' illustration based on data from Economic
Relations Division (ERD), available at https://erd.gov.bd/
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