Bangladesh: Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Bangladesh's net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) rose 7.6% on 2022 (from US$5.28 billion to US$5.68 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +5.3% and a typical year strayed about 22.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 856.8% in 1972 and the biggest yearly fall was 56.3% in 1976. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$370.76 million a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$6.62 billion for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$108.13 million, against US$307.63 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2023, Bangladesh had the 4th highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bangladesh in the 2023 ranking

• Ukraine — 1st of 136: US$38.94 billion
• Syrian Arab Republic — 2nd of 136: US$9.21 billion
• Ethiopia — 4th of 136: US$5.4 billion
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 5th of 136: US$4.35 billion
• Yemen, Rep. — 6th of 136: US$4.15 billion

What this measures

Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in constant 2023 U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 53 values

Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) in nearby economies

• Bhutan — US$156.84 million (2023)
• India — US$2.38 billion (2023)
• Maldives — US$200.51 million (2023)
• Nepal — US$1.17 billion (2023)
• Sri Lanka — US$827.26 million (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Bangladesh

• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$244.52 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 23.31 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,392 (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$356.03 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 43.03 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$265.37 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 25.51 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 78.02% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Bangladesh's net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)?

US$5.68 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.ODA.ODAT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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