DHAKA – The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the country in the last fiscal year (FY22) reached a healthy 7.10 percent braving the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The GDP growth rate in the country in FY21 was 6.94 percent up from 3.45 percent notched in FY20. The GDP growth rate in the country in FY19 was a healthy 7.88 percent.

Talking to BSS, Planning Minister MA Mannan today said that the latest GDP growth figures of Bangladesh was very good as he termed it as ‘outstanding’ considering the current global condition.

He said amid the current global situation mostly because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures were pretty good. “I was not surprised to see the figures amid the current global condition. The internal force has played its due role behind such performance,”

Mannan also noted that the strong labour force both domestically and in abroad has been continuing to give solid foundation to the economy.

He also hoped that the GDP growth rate in the current fiscal year and also in the next fiscal year would continue to keep up the current momentum despite the downward predictions by the development partners.

The BBS statistics showed that the GDP size of Bangladesh in constant prices in the last fiscal year (FY22) reached Taka 3,03,51,496 million  up from Taka 2,83,39,444 million recorded in FY21.

If considered the sectoral growth rate of GDP at constant prices, the industry sector, however, witnessed the highest growth with 9.86 percent in the last fiscal year followed by services sector with 6.26 percent and agriculture sector with 3.05 percent.

The BBS figures also showed that the investment ratio to GDP in the last fiscal year increased to 32.05 percent compared to 31.02 percent in FY21. Out of that, the private investment ratio to GDP increased to 24.52 percent while the public investment ratio to GDP also enhanced to 7.53 percent in the last fiscal year.