Bangladesh’s annual inflation rate rose to 9.81% in March 2024, accelerating from 9.67% in the previous month. Main upward pressure came from food & non-alcoholic beverages (9.87% vs 9.44% in February), clothing & footwear (9.37% vs 9.1%), housing & utilities (11.93% vs 10.91%), recreation & culture (17.23% vs 16.79%), and miscellaneous goods & services (9.69% vs 9.23%). Conversely, prices slowed for transport (6.48% vs 6.85%) and furnishings, household equipment, & routine maintenance of the house (13.61% vs 13.63%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 1.26% in March, the most in six months, from 0.41% in the preceding month. source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Inflation Rate in Bangladesh increased to 9.81 percent in March from 9.67 percent in February of 2024. Inflation Rate in Bangladesh averaged 6.52 percent from 1994 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 12.72 percent in December of 1998 and a record low of -0.03 percent in December of 1996. This page provides the latest reported value for - Bangladesh Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Bangladesh Inflation Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2024.
Inflation Rate in Bangladesh increased to 9.81 percent in March from 9.67 percent in February of 2024. Inflation Rate in Bangladesh is expected to be 8.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Bangladesh Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 5.00 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models.