Bangladesh in World Democracy and Good Governance Index
Millennium Challenge Corporation: Bangladesh’s Score Card
Green color: meets performance standard
Red color: does not meets performance standard
| FY08 | FY09 | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | ||
| Economic Freedom | |||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Policy | -2.85 | -3.2 | -3.3 | -4.0 | -3.8 | -3.6 | -3.5 | -3.3 | -3.1 | -3.4 | 3.4 | -3.6 | -3.8 | -4.4 | |
| Inflation | 6.76 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | |
| Regulatory Quality | -0.18 | -0.14 | -0.19 | -0.10 | -0.13 | -0.05 | -0.21 | -0.15 | -0.17 | -0.11 | 0.01 | -0.01 | -0.03 | -0.14 | |
| Trade Policy | 0.0 | 40.2 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 61.2 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 63.4 | |
| Gender in the Economy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Land Rights and Access | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.59 | |
| Access to Credit | 31 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 44 | 44 | |||||
| Business Startup | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.94 | |
| Ruling Justly | |||||||||||||||
| Political Rights | 22 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | |
| Civil Liberties | 31 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | |
| Control of Corruption | -0.52 | -0.27 | -0.32 | -0.19 | -0.21 | -0.12 | -0.01 | -0.03 | -0.05 | -0.06 | 0.01 | -0.03 | -0.05 | 0.0 | |
| Government Effectiveness | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | -0.08 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.18 | |
| Rule of Law | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.37 | |
| Freedom of Information | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 50 | 18 | 49 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 53 | 45.4 | |
| Investing in People | |||||||||||||||
| Health Expenditures | 0.86 | 1.14 | 1.03 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.36 | 1.24 | 1.31 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.38 | |
| Natural Resource Protection | 59.41 | 58.3 | 56.2 | 60.45 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 18.2 | |
| Immunization Rate | 84.5 | 89 | 92 | 91.5 | 94.5 | 96.0 | 96.0 | 95 | 92.0 | 91.0 | 95.5 | 95.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | |
| Girl Pre Edu Completion Rate | 74.2 | n/a | 57.1 | 57.1 | 68.8 | n/a | n/a | 79.8 | 79.8 | 78.6 | 107.. | 123.0 | |||
| Child Health | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 74.5 | 75.8 | 76.2 | 77.6 | 79.2 | 79.2 | 85.2 | 85.2 | 79.3 | 79.2 | |
See Details: https://www.mcc.gov/who-we-select/scorecard/fy-2022/BD
World Bank
Governance Indicator
| Indicator | Percentile Rank (0-100) | |||||||
| 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | |
| Voice and Accountability | 50.00 | 44.78 | 27.88 | 33.17 | 34.74 | 30.54 | 27.05 | 26.57 |
| Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism | 26.60 | 24.87 | 10.19 | 9.62 | 9.00 | 10.95 | 13.68 | 16.04 |
| Government Effectiveness | 27.32 | 30.77 | 20.20 | 25.24 | 24.17 | 25.48 | 21.63 | 26.44 |
| Regulatory Quality | 17.93 | 18.46 | 12.32 | 17.48 | 18.96 | 22.12 | 18.75 | 16.35 |
| Rule of Law | 20.10 | 22.28 | 15.79 | 25.00 | 18.31 | 27.88 | 27.88 | 30.77 |
| Control of Corruption | 17.74 | 10.66 | 1.46 | 15.05 | 21.33 | 18.75 | 16.83 | 16.83 |
See Details: https://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/Home/Reports
World Justice Project
Rule of Law Index (Scores range from 0 to 1, with 1 indicating the strongest adherence to the rule of law)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Constraints on Government Powers | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.37 |
| Absence of Corruption | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.35 |
| Open Government | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.42 |
| Fundamental Rights | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| Order and Security | 0.65 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.63 |
| Regulatory Enforcement | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
| Civil Justice | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.38 |
| Criminal Justice | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| Over all Rule of Law | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.40 |
See Details: https://worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/country/2021/Bangladesh/
Freedom House
Freedom in the World
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| 47 | 45 | 41 | 39 | 39 |
| (Party Free) | (Party Free) | (Party Free) | (Party Free) | (Party Free) |
See Details:https://freedomhouse.org/country/bangladesh/freedom-world/2021
The Bertelsmann Stiftung
Governance Index
| 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Weak | Moderate |
Democracy Status
| 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 |
| 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Defective Democracy | Defective Democracy | Highly Defective Democracy | Highly Defective Democracy | Moderate Autocracy | Moderate Autocracy |
Economist Intelligence Unit
Democracy Index
| 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 6.11 | 5.52 | 5.87 | 5.86 | 5.86 | 5.86 | 5.78 | 5.73 | 5.73 | 5.43 | 5.57 | 5.88 | 5.99 |
| Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime | Hybrid Regime |
Reporters Without Borders
Press Freedom Index (Position out of 180 Countries)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| 146 | 144 | 146 | 146 | 150 | 151 | 152 |
Transparency International
Corruption Perception Index (Position in Countries)
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Country Rank | 145 | 139 | 145 | 143 | 149 | 146 | 146 |
| Score | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 |