Bangladesh vs Ireland

Bangladesh vs Ireland: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bangladesh and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.28 times that in Bangladesh.

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% a year · IMF

Bangladesh vs Ireland: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 3.5% a year in Bangladesh and 8% a year in Ireland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 4.5 percentage points, or 2.28 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshIrelandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ireland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Bangladesh.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 68 and Ireland ranked 11 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 3% a year and Ireland at 2.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearBangladeshIreland
20253.58
20244.23.6
20235.8-3.3
20227.18.2
20216.916.6
20203.47
20197.95
20187.37.7
20176.610.1
20167.11.2
20156.624.7
20146.19.4
201362.2
20126.5-0.4
20116.51.6
20105.61.7
20095-5.1
20086-4.5
20077.15.3
20066.75
20056.55.7
20045.26.7
20034.73
20023.85.9
20015.15.3
20005.39.4
19994.710.5
19985.28.8
19974.510.8
19964.69.1
19954.99.6
19944.15.9
19934.62.3
199253.6
19913.31.6
19905.97.7
19892.65.6
19882.23
19873.73.6
19864.20.4
19853.21.9
19845.23.2
19834-0.7
19822.41.5
19813.82.5
1980–2.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearBangladeshIreland
20263.6-1
20273.23.7
20282.22.9
20292.82.4
20302.92.3
203132.3

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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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