Bangladesh’s annual inflation rate slowed to 9.74% in April 2024 from 9.81% in the previous month. Main downward pressure came from housing & utilities (9.9% vs 11.93%), furnishings, household equipment, & routine maintenance of the house (11.34% vs 13.61%), and recreation & culture (10.65% vs 17.23%). Meanwhile, prices increased at a faster pace for food & non-alcoholic beverages (10.22% vs 9.87%), transport (6.48% vs 8.23%), clothing & footwear (9.55% vs 9.37%), health (13.69% vs 2.16%), and miscellaneous goods & services (14.12% vs 9.69%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices eased 0.57% in April from 1.26% in the prior month. source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
Inflation Rate in Bangladesh decreased to 9.74 percent in April from 9.81 percent in March 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 May of 2024.
Inflation Rate in Bangladesh decreased to 9.74 percent in April from 9.81 percent in March 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.