Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population, 2025
- 176 million
- Currency
- BDT
- Area
- 147,570 kmΒ²
Across Bangladesh's 27 priced cities, one person needs about $377 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $246.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
53out of 100
- Purchasing power25%39
- Safety20%39
- Health care15%42
- Climate10%73
- Air quality10%80
- Connectivity10%35
- Cost10%100
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #91
What it costs
Averages over the countryβs cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
17.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
2.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
59.9
New York = 100
One person
$377
A month, rent included
Net salary
$246
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$127
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$2,597
2025
Growth
+3.5%
2025
Unemployment
3.8%
2025
Inflation
8.8%
2025
Life expectancy
74.9 years
2024
Internet users
53%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 27.5%
- SourceTrading Economics
- VAT or sales tax
- 15%
- SourcePwC
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeoβs crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 39.3
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 60.7
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2018
- 2.3
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #98 worldwide
- 71
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #89 worldwide
- 39
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +18%
Cities in Bangladesh
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Kushtia | 63 | 15.5 | $40.70 | $326 | 136.5 | 135.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 2Gazipur | 63 | 15.9 | $65.12 | $407 | 153.1 | 2.7M | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 3Faridpur | 60 | 19.9 | β | β | β | 112.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 4Narayanganj | 60 | 14.6 | $40.77 | β | β | 223.6K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 5Savar | 60 | 16.5 | β | β | β | 286K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 6Sirajganj | 60 | 19.9 | β | β | β | 127.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 7Dinajpur | 60 | 19.1 | $16.31 | β | β | 206.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 8Narsingdi | 60 | 16.5 | β | β | β | 281.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 9Bhairab Bazar | 59 | 16.5 | β | β | β | 105.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 10Jessore | 59 | 20.7 | $24.42 | $244 | 83.3 | 244K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 11Tangail | 59 | 14.2 | $63.19 | $224 | 92.7 | 180.1K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 12Rajshahi | 58 | 15.1 | $73.38 | $217 | 82.9 | 763.6K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 13Bogra | 58 | 16.3 | $75.19 | $231 | 82.7 | 210K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 14Satkhira | 57 | β | $24.46 | $408 | β | 128.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 15Brahmanbaria | 57 | 16.4 | β | β | β | 264.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 16Chittagong | 57 | 16.7 | $127 | $281 | 85.2 | 3.9M | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 17Khulna | 56 | 15.2 | $63.19 | $145 | 56.7 | 1.5M | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 18Tungipara | 56 | β | β | β | β | 114.5K | Low confidence |
| 19Karnaphuli | 56 | β | β | β | β | 203.7K | Low confidence |
| 20Bagerhat | 56 | β | β | β | β | 266.4K | Low confidence |
| 21Mymensingh | 56 | 17.4 | $48.84 | $224 | 82.5 | 225.1K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 22Rangamati | 56 | β | β | β | β | 106.1K | Low confidence |
| 23Cox's Bazar | 55 | 15.7 | $163 | $285 | 81.8 | 253.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 24NawΔbganj | 55 | β | β | β | β | 142.4K | Low confidence |
| 25Maijdi | 55 | β | β | β | β | 132.2K | Low confidence |
| 26ShΔhzΔdpur | 55 | β | β | β | β | 102.4K | Low confidence |
| 27Noakhali | 55 | 19.1 | $48.92 | $408 | 138.6 | β | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 28Mohammadpur | 55 | β | β | β | β | 527.6K | Low confidence |
| 29Barisal | 55 | 18.2 | $73.38 | $171 | 56.6 | 202.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 30Natore | 55 | β | β | β | β | 369.1K | Low confidence |
| 31Puthia | 55 | β | β | β | β | 159.4K | Low confidence |
| 32PΔr Naogaon | 55 | β | β | β | β | 192.5K | Low confidence |
| 33SonΔrgaon | 54 | β | β | β | β | 130K | Low confidence |
| 34Kafrul | 54 | β | β | β | β | 339.7K | Low confidence |
| 35NΔgarpur | 54 | β | β | β | β | 238.4K | Low confidence |
| 36Chandpur | 54 | 16.4 | $32.61 | $122 | 50.1 | 203K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 37Comilla | 54 | β | $102 | β | β | 634.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 38Ashuganj City | 54 | β | β | β | β | 210.4K | Low confidence |
| 39Motijheel | 54 | β | β | β | β | 202.3K | Low confidence |
| 40Paltan | 54 | β | β | β | β | 184.5K | Low confidence |
| 41Ramna Maidan | 54 | β | β | β | β | 143.7K | Low confidence |
| 42Shibganj | 54 | β | β | β | β | 378.7K | Low confidence |
| 43Pallabi | 54 | β | β | β | β | 597.6K | Low confidence |
| 44Mirpur Model Thana | 54 | β | β | β | β | 546.5K | Low confidence |
| 45HΔthazΔri | 54 | β | β | β | β | 498.2K | Low confidence |
| 46Bhatara | 54 | β | β | β | β | 324.3K | Low confidence |
| 47Nagar NaluΔkot | 54 | β | β | β | β | 273K | Low confidence |
| 48Saidpur | 54 | β | β | β | β | 199.4K | Low confidence |
| 49Rangpur | 53 | 17.4 | $48.92 | $143 | 52.6 | 1M | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 50Pabna | 53 | 18.9 | $40.70 | $122 | 43.1 | 186.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 51Sherpur | 53 | β | β | β | β | 107.4K | Low confidence |
| 52Sylhet | 52 | 17.0 | $128 | $226 | 67.3 | 237K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 53Tongi | 52 | 15.5 | $61.11 | $102 | 39.7 | 337.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 54Jamalpur | 51 | 18.0 | $220 | $163 | 38.1 | 167.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 55Dhaka | 50 | 21.1 | $153 | $246 | 59.9 | 10.4M | High confidence, 117 contributors |
| 56Begamganj | 41 | β | β | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 57Munshiganj | 41 | β | $32.55 | β | β | β | Low confidence, 0 contributors |