Bangladesh - GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $)

The latest value for GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) in Bangladesh was 12,398 as of 2020. Over the past 29 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 12,398 in 2020 and 4,563 in 1991.

Definition: GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2011 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 4,563
1992 4,679
1993 4,758
1994 4,799
1995 4,899
1996 4,977
1997 5,061
1998 5,182
1999 5,280
2000 5,419
2001 5,573
2002 5,662
2003 5,815
2004 5,977
2005 6,231
2006 6,484
2007 6,870
2008 7,206
2009 7,491
2010 7,660
2011 8,056
2012 8,476
2013 8,875
2014 9,263
2015 9,719
2016 10,256
2017 10,392
2018 11,014
2019 11,716
2020 12,398

Development Relevance: Labor productivity is used to assess a country's economic ability to create and sustain decent employment opportunities with fair and equitable remuneration. Productivity increases obtained through investment, trade, technological progress, or changes in work organization can increase social protection and reduce poverty, which in turn reduce vulnerable employment and working poverty. Productivity increases do not guarantee these improvements, but without them - and the economic growth they bring - improvements are highly unlikely. GDP per person employed is a key measure to monitor whether a country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. [SDG Indicator 8.2.1]

Limitations and Exceptions: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output in both national currencies and purchasing power parity dollars is not easily available, especially in developing countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For example, countries employ different methodologies for estimating the missing values for the nonmarket service sectors and use different definitions of the informal sector.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: GDP per person employed represents labor productivity — output per unit of labor input. To compare labor productivity levels across countries, GDP is converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates which take account of differences in relative prices between countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Base Period: 2011

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity