Bangladesh’s real wage growth has been negative for three years in a row due to stubbornly high price pressures.
Official data show inflation has outpaced wage growth for 36 months in a row up to January 2025, despite a gradual rise in pay gains since January 2021.
The wage growth rate stood at 8.16 per cent in January, 1.78 percentage points below the inflation rate of 9.94 per cent that month.
Official data show inflation has outpaced wage growth for 36 months in a row up to January 2025, despite a gradual rise in pay gains since January 2021.
The wage growth rate stood at 8.16 per cent in January, 1.78 percentage points below the inflation rate of 9.94 per cent that month.
