Poverty rate is the lowest in Dhaka, highest in Rangpur

Due to Corona, the poverty rate of the country is greatly affected. Although the poverty rate has increased a bit in the global epidemic, Bangladesh has overcome that crisis a lot. Poverty rate According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) 'Bangladesh Poverty Map 2016', the lowest poverty rate in the country is in Gulshan (0.4 percent) and the highest in Char Rajibpur of Kurigram district (79.8 percent).

In terms of districts, Narayanganj has the lowest 2.6 percent and Bandarban has the highest poverty rate of 63.2 percent according to the 'Bangladesh Poverty Map 2016'.

Meanwhile, in terms of divisions, the highest poverty rate is in Rangpur (47.23 percent) and the lowest in Dhaka (16 percent). The rest of the categories have poverty rates - Mymensingh (32.77 percent), Rajshahi (28 percent), Khulna (27.48 percent), Barisal (26.49 percent), Chittagong (18.43 percent), Sylhet (16.23 percent).

According to the statistics of 'Bangladesh Poverty Map 2016' Chittagong division has the highest inequality in the number of upazilas in the poverty rate group at the upazila level. According to the BBS Khana survey, the overall poverty rate in rural areas of the country was 26.4% in 2016 and 24.5% according to the 2018 GED-Sanem survey. But due to corona, this rate has increased to 45.3% in 2020. The overall poverty rate in urban areas was 18.9 percent in 2016, The overall poverty rate in urban areas was 18.9 percent in 2016, which was16.3 percent in 2018 and 35.4 percent in 2020 during Corona.