Eid: A Time of Accidents

Eid: A Time of Accidents

At least 90 people were killed in road accidents and boat capsize across the country around the four days of Eid 2014; an average of 50 people die every year at this time. WHO estimates shows the yearly number of deaths from road accidents in Bangladesh to stand at 21,218.

Note: This infographic does not include the ferry carrying 200 people which sank on the Padma river yesterday (Aug 4), which is also an accident involving people returning from Eid break (online.wsj.com/articles/ferry-carrying-up-to-250-people-capsizes-in-bangladesh-1407136451)

#bangladeshinnumbers #eid #accident #death

Sources:

www.thedailystar.net/newsarchive/tragedy-marks-eid-holidays-35331

www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/country-health-profile/bangladesh

Tobacco Cultivation: Boost or Bane?

Tobacco Cultivation: Boost or Bane?

Tobacco companies make life of farmers easy by providing many facilities, which include interest free loans, free seeds, pesticides and fertilizers. They even go as far as providing money for children's education and health services, and offer a price guarantee at the which the farmer can make a profit. But for how long? As tobacco farming causes the soil to lose fertility, the companies move on...

#tobacco #bangladeshinnumbers

Sources:
http://www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers/
http://thedailystar.net/country/rapid-increase-in-land-used-for-tobacco-cultivation-12995
http://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ss.20130203.14.pdf

Playing with fire: No exist in sight for 47%

Playing with fire: No exit in sight for 47%

According to a recent survey of 3,200 workers in 28 factories by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a platform of 26 US-based clothing retailers and brands, 47% of garment workers say they cannot leave their factory buildings quickly in case of an emergency. Although 30% felt that they were at high risk of fire, an upsetting finding was that 45% of the respondents had not been trained in fire safety.

#bangladesh #bangladeshinnumbers #rmg #fire #firesafety

Source:
www.thedailystar.net/factory-exits-difficult-to-find-11073

BDT 14.5 LAC: The value of a RMG worker's life?

BDT 14.5 LAC: The value of a RMG worker's life?

The Rana Plaza collapse has been dubbed the 'deadliest structural collapse in modern human history', claiming 1,135 lives, injuring thousands more who survived. Victims appear to be one step closer to receiving compensation from the government after a 31-member panel finalized a set of recommendations, setting BDT 14.5 lac as compensation for the dead and missing workers and the permanently disabled ones.

#bangladesh #bangladeshinnumbers #ranaplaza #rmg #garments

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/business/rana-plaza-funds-get-closer-8878
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/24/bangladesh-building-collapse-kills-garment-workers
www.itv.com/news/update/2013-04-25/case-filed-against-owners-of-collapsed-building-in-dhaka/
blogs.ft.com/photo-diary/tag/rana-plaza/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Savar_building_collapse

Can a National Election be a Charade?

Can a National Election be a Charade?

Maybe it can. Find out this January 5th, 2014 at the 10th JS Polls; where 5.5 billion Bangladeshi taka will be spent at 38 thousand voting centres to allow 91 million voters to cast their vote. But, alas, 52% of these voters have only one candidate to vote for!

Sources:
www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2013/12/03/7010
www.thedailystar.net/please-do-not-hold-jan-5-elections-4167
www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-12-23&nid=77762
www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-07-04&nid=55566

You cannot eat money

You cannot eat money

69,000 hectares of agricultural land is lost every year in Bangladesh, a loss of 0.8 to 1%; while population grows by 1.59%. Will we wait till the last tree has been cut down before we realize that we cannot eat money? 

Bangladesh in Numbers is grateful to Mohd. Fahad Ifaz for the information used in this infographic.

Sources:
www.moa.gov.bd/statistics/bag.htm
newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-05-11&nid=48787
www.iedcr.org/pdf/files/NPHC%20WEB/UPLOAD-4/Dr.Nurun%20Nabi.pdf
www.indexmundi.com/bangladesh/demographics_profile.html

Bangladesh in Numbers WEBZINE - Issue 1 - November

Introducing Bangladesh in Numbers - the WEBZINE!

To celebrate one month of Bangladesh in Numbers, please spread the word on the WEBZINE. The best of all the infographics in one freely downloadable pdf file. The webzine will be made available on the 5th of every month!

To view online or to download, please follow the link:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2Itx3V9lwELRjctUEQzTF9EQm8/edit

Daylight Robbery?

Daylight Robbery?

With the Central Medical Store Depot overpricing medicine purchase, in cases by 4662% compared to DMCH's procurement price (Amikacin), the only term that comes to mind is daylight robbery! These prices are eventually transferred to the end user - one can only imagine the impact on those who need the drugs but cannot afford the 'superprices'. Thanks to Dhaka Tribune for fantastic investigative reporting.

Source:
www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/nov/30/tk15-drug-bought-tk700

10,213 MW, A Milestone

10,213 MW, A Milestone

Bangladesh now has the capacity to produce 10,213 MW of electricity - a significant milestone. With imported electricity and with greater oil based power, power availability has grown at a very rapid rate over the last 3-4 years, as has the need to support power generation with massive subsidies.

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/celebrating-10000mw-capacity/
www.bpdb.gov.bd/bpdb/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=6
www.photius.com/rankings/energy/electricity_consumption_per_capita_2013_0.html
www.bpdb.gov.bd/download/achievement/Four%20years%20Acheivement.pdf
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/sep/04/rental-power-may-continue-until-2020
www.textiletoday.com.bd/demo/magazine/print/527

AIDS: Getting to Zero?

AIDS: Getting to Zero?

34 million people in the world are HIV positive - out of which 2,871 are in Bangladesh; 338 new patients were diagnosed last year. Today is World AIDS day, and although the fight against AIDS has seen much progress with lower deaths and lower infections every year, experts suspect that 25% of people who are infected don't even know that they have the virus. 

Sources:www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.dhakatribune.com/health/2013/dec/01/hiv-aids-prevalence-survey-stopped-2011
www.unaids.org/en/resources/infographics/20131120aidsbythenumbers01/
www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/hiv/conditioninfo/Pages/how-many.aspx

Costs Flying High?

Costs Flying High?

According to an analysis done by Bonik Barta, Dhaka's newly inaugurated Jatbari Flyover (Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover) is the MOST expensive flyover in the world - costing 2.1 billion BDT per km, 337% more expensive compared to Kolkata's Batanagar Flyover.

Source:
bonikbarta.com/sub-editorial/2013/11/18/22561/

Lost in the Dark

Lost in the Dark

3.7% of Bangladesh's population, or 6 million drug addicts, spend 70 million taka everyday on drugs. Although drug abuse is much lower in Bangladesh compared to India and Pakistan, it is a growing at an alarming rate, employing 100,000 people.

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/drug-abuse-alarmingly-rising-in-bangladesh/
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)61426-9/fulltext
www.castlecraig.co.uk/blog/11/2013/addiction-india
www.tealeafnation.com/2012/07/a-look-at-one-of-chinas-fastest-growing-consumer-goods-illegal-drugs/
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2012/jul/02/drug-use-map-world

I am Dhaka

I am Dhaka

Home to 14.6 million people, I am the most densely populated city in the world. I produce 23% of Bangladesh's GDP.

Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka
risebd.com/2013/03/09/a-look-into-dhaka-bangladesh-the-most-densely-populated-city-in-the-world/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density
archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=258340
www.bbs.gov.bd/webtestapplication/userfiles/image/National%20Accounts%20Reports/GDP/GDP_2011-12%20(p).pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity

Not even a fighting chance

Not even a fighting chance

While we push each other around in the cities fighting to get a slightly larger piece of the pie we don't need, let us remember that 46% of children in Bangladesh stay hungry everyday. Bangladesh has the world's HIGHEST malnutrition rate.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
southasia.oneworld.net/news/bangladesh-has-highest-rate-of-malnutrition-in-the-world#.Uo77ZicVPIU
www.unicef.org/sowc2011/pdfs/SOWC-2011-Main-Report_EN_02092011.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Bangladesh

Healthcare in Bangladesh - A Low Blow

Healthcare in Bangladesh - A Low Blow

Bangladesh has one of the lowest nurse to people and hospital bed to people ratios in the world, and a strikingly high incidence of self funded healthcare.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
kff.org/global-indicator/hospital-beds/
kff.org/global-indicator/physicians/
kff.org/global-indicator/nurses-and-midwives/
kff.org/global-indicator/out-of-pocket-expenditure-on-health/

What kills people in Bangladesh?

What kills people in Bangladesh?

17.11% of all deaths in Bangladesh is a result of heart disease - the proportion is far greater than the global rate of 11.24%. But, heart disease is the top most cause of death. Check out how many lives are lost to other diseases, and to road accidents, which has made its way to the top 10 causes of death.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/
www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/country-health-profile/bangladesh

Tit for Tat?

Tit for Tat?

There is finally a decision on minimum wage for RMG workers - BDT 5,300, a decision that BGMEA has recently accepted, although this is BDT 800 greater than their proposal of BDT 4,500. In lieu of their acceptance, BGMEA has made requests for favourable policies that outweigh the additional cost of BDT 800 by 23%.

Bangladesh in Numbers is extremely grateful to Zahid Hussain, Senior Economist of the World Bank, for the analysis used in this infographic.

Data Sources:
www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/new/2013/11/12/3597
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/tk-5300-rmg-minimum-wage-announced/
bdnews24.com/business/2013/11/13/rmg-bosses-accept-minimum-wage
www.bangladeshchronicle.net/index.php/2013/11/rmg-manufacturers-can-find-good-partners-in-s-korea/
www.bgmea.com.bd/chart/number_of_employment_in_garment

Not Simply Black or White

Not Simply Black or White 

The 1320 MW Rampal power project ensures that Bangladesh has the power it needs to keep growing, but threatens the sustainability of the Sundarbans.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/forest-fears/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/why-the-eia-study-is-not-acceptable/
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/rampal-gets-rolling/

High Priced Convenience

High Priced Convenience 

Despite high mobile internet prices in Bangladesh, 95% of the country's 33 million internet users access the internet from their mobile phones!

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.dhakatribune.com/money/2013/jun/23/mobile-internet-costlier-bangladesh-neighbouring-countries
www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171715:33-million-internet-users-in-bangladesh&Itemid=122

Bangladesh & Internet - A Phenomenal Growth

Bangladesh & Internet - A Phenomenal Growth

20% of all Bangladeshis (33 million) now access the internet - a phenomenal growth from only 617,300 in 2009! 95% of us access the internet from cell phones.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171715:33-million-internet-users-in-bangladesh&Itemid=122
www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bangladesh-secures-161st-spot-in-internet-usage/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Bangladesh
www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/