Live data · Bangladesh
Latest · Aug 2026
8.26%
Previous · Jul 2026
8.32%
Bangladesh's inflation rate came in at 8.26% in August 2026, down 0.06 percentage points from 8.32% in July 2026. That marks the third consecutive monthly decline.
Computed automatically from the sourced series on this page — updates with each new release.
Annual series · World Bank
Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
Consumer price inflation, annual % · 2025
Bangladesh has the highest consumer price inflation of the six economies compared, 5.7 percentage points above South Asia.
South Asia average · 3.1%
Compared on the World Bank's annual consumer-price series — the same measure for every economy, Bangladesh included. It will not match the monthly BBS print above, which is a different measure over a different period.
Source: World Bank (Data360)
| Latest | 8.26% | Aug 2026 |
| Previous | 8.32% | Jul 2026 |
| Highest in series | 9.42% | May 2026 |
| Lowest in series | 8.26% | Aug 2026 |
| Observations | 4 | May 2026 – Aug 2026 |
The inflation rate tracks how fast consumer prices are rising, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics publishes the headline figure monthly, a few days after the reference month ends; food prices carry a heavy weight in the Bangladesh basket, so food-price shocks move the headline quickly.
The hero figure is the latest monthly headline print, labelled with the month it actually covers — not the month it was published. The long-run chart uses the World Bank’s annual average series, which smooths the monthly volatility into a year-by-year picture.
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