State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2023-24 (First Reading)
Independent Review of
RBD
Bangladesh's Development
Increase in price of essential food items
from 1 January 2019 to 20 December 2023
Table 3.1: Increase in price of essential food items from 1 January 2019 to 20 December 2023
Sl.
Food Items
Price on 1 Jan 2019
Price on 20 Dec
2023
BDT
Absolute change in Percentage
change
1
Miniket rice (1 kg)
58
65
12
2
Pijam rice (1 kg)
48
53
5
9
3
Coarse rice (1 kg)
40
49
9
23
45
4 Aata (unprocessed flour) loose (1 kg)
5 Aata (unprocessed flour) packaged (1 kg)
6 Maida (processed flour) loose (1 kg)
29
48
19
67
34
60
26
76
36
65
29
81
7
Maida (processed flour) packaged (1 kg)
47
70
24
51
8
Soybean oil loose (1 litre)
81
158
77
94
9
Soybean oil processed bottled (1 litre)
104
172
68
65
10
Palm oil loose (1 litre)
63
128
65
102
11
Palm oil super (1 litre)
68
138
70
102
12
Moshuri dal (lentil) big (1 litre)
55
108
53
95
13
Moshuri dal (lentil) medium (1 kg)
63
123
60
96
14
Morshuri dal (lentil) small (1 kg)
85
133
48
56
15
Onion (local) (1 kg)
27.5
105
78
282
16
Onion (imported) (1 kg)
30
130
100
333
CPD (2023): State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY2023-24 (First Reading)
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