Bangladesh vs Russia
Bangladesh vs Russia: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 42% of GDP in Bangladesh and 16.6% of GDP in Russia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 25.4 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Russia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 98 and Russia ranked 144 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Bangladesh at 49.4% of GDP and Russia at 30.7% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Bangladesh | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 16.6 |
| 2024 | 41 | 14.8 |
| 2023 | 39.7 | 15.2 |
| 2022 | 37.9 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 35.6 | 16.5 |
| 2020 | 34.5 | 19.2 |
| 2019 | 32 | 13.8 |
| 2018 | 29.6 | 13.6 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 14.3 |
| 2016 | 27.7 | 14.9 |
| 2015 | 28.2 | 15.3 |
| 2014 | 28.7 | 15.1 |
| 2013 | 28.3 | 12.4 |
| 2012 | 29.1 | 11.2 |
| 2011 | 29.4 | 10.3 |
| 2010 | 29.6 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 33 | 9.9 |
| 2008 | 33.9 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 35 | 8 |
| 2006 | 35.3 | 9.8 |
| 2005 | 35.6 | 14.9 |
| 2004 | 36.6 | 20.8 |
| 2003 | 37 | 28.3 |
| 2002 | – | 37.6 |
| 2001 | – | 44.4 |
| 2000 | – | 55.9 |
| 1999 | – | 92.4 |
| 1998 | – | 135.2 |
| 1997 | – | 51.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Bangladesh | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40.5 | 19.3 |
| 2027 | 40.4 | 22.2 |
| 2028 | 42.8 | 24.8 |
| 2029 | 45.5 | 27.2 |
| 2030 | 47.6 | 29.1 |
| 2031 | 49.4 | 30.7 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025