In the last quarter of the last financial year, the GDP growth increased by 4.6 percent

In the fourth and last quarter (April-June) of the last financial year 2025-26, the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh increased to 4.60 percent. This growth rate was 2.05 percent in the same quarter of the previous financial year 2024-25. This information has come out in the report published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Wednesday evening.

According to BBS data, the country's GDP in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2025-26 at current prices stood at Tk 16 lakh 11 thousand 674 crore. In the same quarter of the previous financial year, the amount was 14 lakh 38 thousand 527 crores.

According to the report, the GDP growth in the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2025-26 was 4.96 percent, 3.03 and 2.22 percent respectively. Annual GDP growth at the end of the last financial year at constant prices, taking into account the estimates of the last four quarters, stood at 3.68 percent. In the fourth quarter of the last financial year, the growth in the industrial sector increased significantly. However, at the same time growth in the agricultural sector has slowed down. And the pace of growth in the service sector has slightly increased compared to the previous year.

According to the BBS report, the agriculture sector grew by 1.73 percent in the fourth quarter of FY 2025-26 on a point-to-point basis at constant prices. In the same period of the previous financial year, the growth in this sector was 3.19 percent. That is, the growth of the agricultural sector has decreased by 1.46 percentage points in the fourth quarter of one year.

On the other hand, the growth in the industrial sector increased significantly in the fourth quarter of the last financial year. At constant prices, the growth of the industrial sector increased to 6.52 percent in the April-June quarter of the last financial year. Before that, the growth in this sector during the same period of the financial year 2024-25 was only 0.92 percent.

The services sector also grew in the fourth quarter compared to the previous year. In the last three months (April-June) of the financial year 2025-26, the growth of the service sector was 4.28 percent, which was 2.26 percent during the same period of the financial year 2024-25.

Overall, while growth in the industrial and services sectors improved in the fourth quarter of FY2025-26, growth in the agricultural sector declined compared to the same period last year.