DHAKA – The per capita income in Bangladesh rose by 9 per cent year-on-year to $ 2,824 in 2021-22, according to data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

The per capita income was $2,591 in 2020-21.

In local currency, the figures stood at Tk 241,470 in 2021-22 and Tk 219,738 in the previous year.

Planning Minister MA Mannan provided the provisional data today at a press briefing after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council.

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