Bangladesh vs Belgium

Bangladesh vs Belgium: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bangladesh and 1% a year in Belgium, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.5 percentage points, or 3.55 times that in Belgium.

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% a year · IMF

Bangladesh vs Belgium: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bangladesh and 1% a year in Belgium, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.5 percentage points, or 3.55 times that in Belgium.
BangladeshBelgiumIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Bangladesh has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Belgium.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 68 and Belgium ranked 124 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 3% a year and Belgium at 1.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBangladeshBelgium
20253.51
20244.21.1
20235.81.6
20227.14
20216.96.3
20203.4-4.8
20197.92.4
20187.31.9
20176.61.5
20167.11.2
20156.61.5
20146.11.8
201360.3
20126.50.2
20116.51.9
20105.62.7
20095-1.9
200860.4
20077.13.7
20066.72.6
20056.52.3
20045.23.6
20034.71
20023.81.7
20015.11.1
20005.33.7
19994.73.5
19985.22
19974.53.8
19964.61.3
19954.92.4
19944.13.2
19934.6-1
199251.5
19913.31.8
19905.93.1
19892.63.5
19882.24.7
19873.72.3
19864.21.8
19853.21.7
19845.22.5
198340.3
19822.40.6
19813.8-0.3
1980–4.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshBelgium
20263.60.7
20273.21.1
20282.21.2
20292.81.3
20302.91.3
203131.3

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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