The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has estimated the country’s per capita income to rise by 9 per cent year-on-year to $2,824 by June this year.
According to the provisional data released by BBS and projection of economic indicators, the country's GDP growth will also hit 7.25 per cent over the same period.
Planning Minister MA Mannan announced the forecast while unveiling the provisional data on Tuesday at a press briefing following a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council.
The per capita income was $2,591 in FY2020-21 and GDP was 6.94 per cent.
In local currency, the figures for per capita income stood at Tk 241,470 in FY2021-22 and Tk 219,738 in the previous year.
According to the BBS provisional estimate, Agriculture sector is estimated to grow 2.2 per cent, Industry sector 12.31 per cent and Service sector was estimated to grow 8.72 per cent.
