Executive finding
Manufacturing is 22.4% of Bangladesh's GDP, third of six Asian economies. Industry employs 18.0% of its workers, last of the six. Agriculture still holds 44.3%.
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Cite this publication
BDPolicyLab Research. (2026). The Industry That Did Not Arrive: Output Without Jobs. Bangladesh Policy Laboratory. https://bdpolicylab.com/publications/the-industry-that-did-not-arrive-output-without-jobs
Method and source
Consult the references and methods in this publication for sources, observation periods and limitations. The publication date is not the observation date of its underlying data.