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EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

5.9

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

4.8

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.4

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour7
Worker rights & FOA7
OHS & audit transparency7
Food & product safety6
Environmental & regulatory4
Governance & anti-corruption8
Tariff & preferential access2
Non-tariff barriers5
Supply chain traceability7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict5
Supplier concentration3
Climate & physical risk8
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights6

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness9
Supply base depth5
Logistics & infrastructure3
Workforce skills4
Scalability6
Ease of doing business2
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline2
Innovation & IP8
Quality standards3

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Bangladesh and the EU

EU imports from

€21.2bn

0.8% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€2.1bn

0.1% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #45 supplier

EU trade balance

one-sided

coverage 0.10

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember

Electricity costs →

Industrial

68

EUR/MWh

Consumer

49

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

695

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

4%

of generation

Wholesale 59 EUR/MWh · regulated market

Power market

Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-in

Market model

Single-buyer monopoly

Direct PPA

Prohibited

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

61%

Regulator

Not independent

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC)

A reserve margin near 61 percent from quick-rental and IPP capacity-payment PPAs, layered on rising imported-LNG and coal exposure, has blown BPDB's deficit past 4.5 billion dollars.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

45 gas plants

11.5 GW · 4 building

12 coal plants

6.0 GW · 4 building

10 solar farms

987 MW · 4 building

0 nuclear plants

capacity n/a · 2 building

1 coal mines

capacity n/a

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Monitored ports (3)

ChittagongMonglaPayra

Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

25.7

→ 35.5 by 2050

Fertility

2.14

above replacement

Working-age

65.5%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

9.9

→ 20.3 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 174M · peaks 2071

By 2050: +24% (215M)

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