{
  "pillarKey": "gdp",
  "title": "GDP & Economic Growth",
  "version": "a088178b6179",
  "contentHash": "a088178b61792cdf6cb13b5764150cad2594e2703b69002eb3bba5af5db31f57",
  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-10-08",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "gdp",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2014",
        "gdp": 172.9
      },
      {
        "year": "2015",
        "gdp": 195.1
      },
      {
        "year": "2016",
        "gdp": 265.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2017",
        "gdp": 293.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2018",
        "gdp": 321.4
      },
      {
        "year": "2019",
        "gdp": 351.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2020",
        "gdp": 374
      },
      {
        "year": "2021",
        "gdp": 416.3
      },
      {
        "year": "2022",
        "gdp": 460.1
      },
      {
        "year": "2023",
        "gdp": 437.4
      },
      {
        "year": "2024",
        "gdp": 450.1
      },
      {
        "year": "2025",
        "gdp": 456.3
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "2025 GDP",
        "value": "$456.3B",
        "delta": "+1.4%"
      },
      {
        "label": "Peak GDP",
        "value": "$460.1B",
        "delta": "2022"
      },
      {
        "label": "Growth since 2016",
        "value": "72%",
        "delta": "2016–2025"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Bangladesh GDP growth trajectory 2014–2025",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Inflation (CPI, % YoY) used in monetary panel",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank WDI · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG"
      },
      {
        "claim": "Nominal GDP in current USD for peer benchmarking",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD"
      }
    ],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://data.worldbank.org",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "IMF DataMapper",
        "url": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/October"
      },
      {
        "name": "Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics",
        "url": "https://bbs.gov.bd"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "registryStatus": "Verified",
      "sourceVerified": true,
      "unverifiedFields": [],
      "knownGaps": [
        "BBS has since published a final FY2024-25 estimate (Feb 2026) and a provisional FY2025-26 estimate (Jun 2026); this pillar follows World Bank WDI and has not incorporated them",
        "The World Bank series rises 36% from 2015 to 2016, far more than in any other year shown; growth figures here are measured from 2016"
      ]
    }
  }
}