Bangladesh vs Brazil
Bangladesh vs Brazil: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $1,985 in Bangladesh and $9,748 in Brazil, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by $7,763, or 4.91 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 144 and Brazil ranked 74 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Bangladesh | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,985 | $9,748 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $1,941 | $9,567 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $1,885 | $9,288 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $1,804 | $9,032 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $1,702 | $8,799 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $1,605 | $8,435 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $1,564 | $8,771 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $1,462 | $8,722 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $1,374 | $8,628 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $1,300 | $8,578 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $1,224 | $8,936 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $1,159 | $9,338 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $1,103 | $9,367 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $1,050 | $9,167 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $996 | $9,068 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $944 | $8,793 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $902 | $8,246 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $867 | $8,331 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $826 | $8,003 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $779 | $7,622 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $739 | $7,410 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $703 | $7,259 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $677 | $6,941 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $656 | $6,945 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $641 | $6,823 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $621 | $6,818 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $600 | $6,622 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $584 | $6,687 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $566 | $6,765 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $552 | $6,641 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $538 | $6,596 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $521 | $6,427 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $511 | $6,167 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $497 | $5,974 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $481 | $6,108 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $473 | $6,150 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $457 | $6,545 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $454 | $6,463 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $453 | $6,592 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $446 | $6,494 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $438 | $6,168 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $435 | $5,842 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $426 | $5,665 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $421 | $5,968 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $424 | $6,055 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $405 | $6,473 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $412 | $6,069 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $402 | $5,821 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $385 | $5,680 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $385 | $5,543 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $373 | $5,149 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $400 | $5,014 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $375 | $4,748 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $374 | $4,268 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $443 | $3,907 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $477 | $3,596 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $463 | $3,339 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $471 | $3,127 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $443 | $2,921 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $465 | $2,879 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $466 | $2,773 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $473 | $2,785 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $439 | $2,773 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $454 | $2,838 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $443 | $2,743 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $429 | $2,604 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Brazil
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Brazil: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Brazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Brazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Brazil: 87.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Brazil: 3.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Brazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Brazil: 211 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Brazil: 0.41% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Brazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Brazil: 88.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Brazil: 33.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Brazil: 10.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Brazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Brazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Brazil: $23.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Brazil: $113 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Brazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Brazil: 762,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Brazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Brazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Brazil: 462 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Brazil: 153 million TIV in 2025