Bangladesh, year by year

Every index this site holds for Bangladesh, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.397 in 1990 to 0.685 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 74.9 years2024at birthUp 9.4 years from 65.5 years in 2005
Internet users: 53%2024of people onlineUp 52 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 33%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 7 points from 26% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.142024births per womanDown 0.71 from 2.85 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 25%2021of energy usedDown 27 points from 52% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 55 points from 44% in 2005
Infant mortality: 242024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 22 from 46 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.7 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 0.3 t in 2005
Forest area: 14%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.397	55.8	—	—	4.51	71.7	—	96	0.1	14.8	—	—
1991	0.395	53.8	—	20.3	4.26	73.1	14	93	0.1	14.8	—	—
1992	0.411	56.6	—	20.6	4.03	71.6	10	89	0.1	14.8	—	—
1993	0.419	57.1	—	21.0	3.83	70.5	13	85	0.1	14.8	—	—
1994	0.426	57.6	—	21.3	3.74	69.0	18	82	0.1	14.8	—	—
1995	0.434	58.2	—	21.7	3.59	63.8	18	78	0.2	14.8	—	—
1996	0.442	58.9	—	22.0	3.51	62.1	21	74	0.2	14.8	—	—
1997	0.451	59.7	0.0	22.3	3.50	60.0	22	71	0.2	14.8	—	—
1998	0.459	60.4	0.0	22.6	3.43	60.2	27	67	0.2	14.8	—	—
1999	0.468	61.2	0.0	23.0	3.36	60.5	30	63	0.2	14.8	—	—
2000	0.477	62.0	0.1	23.3	3.28	60.2	32	60	0.2	14.8	—	—
2001	0.486	62.8	0.1	23.7	3.20	55.9	35	57	0.2	14.7	—	—
2002	0.494	63.6	0.1	24.1	3.13	54.4	38	54	0.3	14.7	—	—
2003	0.503	64.3	0.2	24.6	3.03	52.6	41	51	0.3	14.7	—	—
2004	0.511	64.9	0.2	25.0	2.94	52.0	41	48	0.3	14.7	—	—
2005	0.520	65.5	0.2	25.5	2.85	50.6	44	46	0.3	14.6	—	—
2006	0.527	66.0	1.0	25.9	2.76	48.6	51	44	0.3	14.6	490	2195
2007	0.534	66.5	1.8	26.4	2.67	47.2	47	42	0.3	14.6	538	2388
2008	0.538	67.0	2.5	26.9	2.58	45.2	54	40	0.3	14.6	613	2555
2009	0.551	67.5	3.1	27.3	2.48	43.1	57	38	0.4	14.5	679	2675
2010	0.561	68.0	3.7	27.7	2.38	40.3	55	37	0.4	14.5	757	2834
2011	0.572	68.5	4.5	28.1	2.31	38.4	60	35	0.4	14.5	837	3051
2012	0.583	69.0	5.0	28.5	2.26	37.3	66	34	0.5	14.5	860	3434
2013	0.589	69.5	6.6	28.8	2.25	37.0	62	33	0.5	14.5	958	3691
2014	0.600	70.0	9.1	29.2	2.23	35.4	62	31	0.5	14.5	1094	3973
2015	0.621	70.5	12.4	29.5	2.23	33.1	74	30	0.5	14.5	1224	4212
2016	0.632	71.1	16.9	29.9	2.23	30.2	76	29	0.6	14.5	1649	4579
2017	0.633	71.6	21.5	30.2	2.21	28.1	88	27	0.6	14.5	1811	4883
2018	0.646	72.1	25.6	30.5	2.19	27.0	87	26	0.6	14.5	1965	5490
2019	0.656	72.6	30.4	30.8	2.18	26.1	92	25	0.7	14.5	2130	6047
2020	0.663	71.4	36.1	31.1	2.17	27.2	96	25	0.6	14.5	2249	6641
2021	0.663	71.1	38.9	31.4	2.17	25.0	99	25	0.7	14.5	2483	7441
2022	0.680	74.3	41.6	31.7	2.18	—	99	24	0.7	14.5	2716	8449
2023	0.685	74.7	44.5	32.2	2.16	—	100	24	0.7	14.5	2551	9155
2024	—	74.9	53.4	32.7	2.14	—	100	24	0.7	—	2593	9661
2025	—	—	—	33.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2597	10154
On the profile	0.685	74.9	53.4	33.2	2.14	25.0	—	—	0.7	14.5	2597	10154

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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