Bangladesh poverty rate down to 20.5% in fiscal 2019
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 17 Dec 2019 08:54 PM BdST Updated: 17 Dec 2019 08:58 PM BdST
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MA Mannan. File Photo
The poverty rate in Bangladesh is down to 20.5 percent in fiscal year 2018-19 from 21.8 percent in the year 2017-18, the planning minister says.
MA Mannan revealed the figure to reporters after a meeting of National Economic Council in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Tuesday.
The rate of extreme poverty has also decreased slightly to 10.5 percent in fiscal 2018-19 compared with 11.3 percent in fiscal 2017-18.
The figures were released in the latest report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, the minister added.
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