Bangladesh's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) was 0.77% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.77 percentage points from 1.54% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.77% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 1.05% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.54% | 2008 |
| Highest | 27.85% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 0.73% | 2017 |
| Average since 2009 | 1.21% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 27.85% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Bangladesh's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) rose 0.04 percentage points on 2017 (from 0.73% to 0.77%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2017), the average change was −0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.48 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.42 percentage points in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 0.77% | 2018 |
| World | 1.14% | 2025 |
| South Asia | 0.99% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 1.35% | 2025 |
Closest to Bangladesh in the 2018 ranking
- Guinea-Bissau — 2nd of 6: 31.45%
- Sierra Leone — 3rd of 6: 9.43%
- Sudan — 4th of 6: 7.77%
- Greenland — 6th of 6: 0.00896%
What this measures
Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.
Limitations: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 39 values
| Year | Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.7678 |
| 2017 | 0.7271 |
| 2016 | 0.9396 |
| 2015 | 0.7472 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 1.05 |
| 2012 | 1.39 |
| 2011 | 1.75 |
| 2010 | 1.95 |
| 2009 | 1.54 |
| 2008 |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in nearby economies
More private sector & trade data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 25.76% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$69.37 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$48.17 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) — 2.33% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 88.53% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) — 6.91% (2023)
- Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) — 3.1% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bangladesh's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)?
- 0.77% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is down 27.08 percentage points from 27.85% in 1977. The highest value was 27.85% in 1977 and the lowest 0.73% in 2017.
- Is the latest change in agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) unusual for Bangladesh?
- In 2018, Bangladesh's agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) rose 0.04 percentage points on 2017 (from 0.73% to 0.77%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2017), the average change was −0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.AGRI.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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