Thread by @maheshperi

A comparison on India vs Bangladesh(BD) since 2014:

1. GDP:
In 2014, GDP of Bangladesh was 172 Billion; Grew to 310 billion in 2021, a 79% growth in 7 years.
In 2014, GDP of India was 2.04 Trillion; grew to 2.8 Trillion in 2021, a 37% growth over 7 years. BD grew 114% more

2: Population:
BD Population is 170 Million. India added just about 160 million over the last decade, the size of Bangladesh. In fact, despite being an muslim majority nation, the growth rate of Bangladesh in 2021 is 0.98% against India's 0.97%.

3.Literacy rate:
The Literacy rate of Bangladesh in 2014 was 61%
which grew to 75% in 2021. That is a growth of 23% in 5 years.
In the same period, the literacy rate of India grew from 74% to 77%, a Growth rate of just 4%

4. Unemployment:
The Bangladesh Unemployment rate is 5.2% while the India unemployment rate is 6.9%. As a ratio, we have 33% more unemployed than Bangladesh.

4: Women participation: This explains why Bangladesh grows while India lags. Bangladesh increased women participation rate from 23% in 2010 to 37% in 2020. For India, the rate is a measly 20.3%. It means 60% more women are employed in Bangladesh, a Muslim majority nation.

5. National debt to GDP:
For Bangladesh, the National debt to GDP is just 36%. On the other hand, National debt to GDP rate for India is 89.86%. Indians owe 250% of what every Bangladshi owes!

6. GDP growth rate:
Bangladesh GDP has been consistently growing averaging above 7% over the past decade but for 2020. Even in 2020, Bangladesh GDP grew 3.8%. however, India is struggling with a falling GDP. For the year 2020, Indian GDP will contract 7.7%

7. Exports: Bangladesh exports posted a compounded annual growth rate of 8.6% over 2011-2019 versus India's export growth of 0.9% and a world average of 0.4%.

8. Democracy Index:
Bangladesh is ranked 76th on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2020 -- four notches up from last year.
India's global ranking slipped from 27th (in 2014) to 53rd as a result of democratic backsliding under the current regime.

9. Human Development Index
India dropped one rank and is positioned at 131 out of 189 countries and territories in HDI.
On the other hand, Bangladesh moved up two slots and now stands at 133rd position out of 189 countries.

10. Per Capita GDP:
For the first time ever, India’s per capita GDP, is projected to be $1,876 in 2020, lower than $1,888 projected for Bangladesh. On average, India’s per capita GDP has been 24 per cent higher than Bangladesh’s during the last five years, IMF data show.

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