Government expenditures on health and education as percentage of GDP have remained lower than the comparable countries: health: in 2014 Bangladesh: 0.79, India: 1.4, Pakistan: 0.92, developing country average: 3.0; education: in 2013 Bangladesh: 1.96, India: 3.84, Pakistan: 2.5, developing country average: 4.0.
Note: Data for health are not available after 2014 and data for education not available after 2013.
Source: World Development Indicator (2018), World Bank
N N Tarun Chakravorty 