Bangladesh Inflation Rate

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

8.48

Units In

9.05

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 08, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 2 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
16 Sep 2011	-0.03 Dec 1996	6.76 %	1994-2025	Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

In Bangladesh, the most important categories in the consumer price index are food, non-alcoholic beverages and tobacco (59 percent of the total weight) and gross rent, fuel and lighting (16.9 percent). The index also includes: clothing and footwear (6.9 percent); transport and communication (4.2 percent), recreation, entertainment, education & cultural services (4.1 percent); miscellaneous goods and services (3.6 percent); medical care and health expenses (2.8 percent) and furnishing (2.7 percent).

Latest Updates

The annual inflation rate in Bangladesh eased to 8.48% in June 2025, down from 9.05% in May. This marked the lowest reading since July 2022, driven by a slowdown in food and non-alcoholic beverage prices, which saw their smallest increase since April 2022 (7.39% vs 8.59% in May), while transport inflation also moderated (6.43% vs 6.64%). Also, inflation slowed for alcoholic beverages and tobacco (17.55% vs 21.48%) and health (4.24% vs 4.78%). Meanwhile, inflation accelerated for housing and utilities (7.66% vs 7.45%), communication (7.85% vs 7.79%), recreation and culture (8.26% vs 7.78%), education (8.39% vs 8.22%), hotels (11.09% vs 10.99%), clothing and footwear (15.40% vs 15.35%), furnishings, household equipment & routine household maintenance (8.84% vs 8.76%), and miscellaneous goods and services (15.25% vs 13.84%). Monthly, consumer prices rose by 0.57% in June, rebounding from a 0.32% decline in the previous month and marking the fastest monthly increase in three months.