A cikin watan Afrilu 2010, Standard & Poor's ya ba Bangladesh ƙimar bashi na dogon lokaci na BB-, ƙasa da Indiya amma sama da na Pakistan da Sri Lanka. Kasar ta shahara da filayen ƙasa mai ni'ima, gami da Ganges Delta, Sylhet Division da Chittagong Hill Tracts. Aikin gona shine mafi girman ɓangaren tattalin arziƙi, wanda ya kai kashi 18.6 na GDP na Bangladesh a watan Nuwamba 2010 kuma yana ɗaukar kusan kashi 45 na ma'aikata. Sashin aikin gona yana tasiri kan samar da aikin yi, rage talauci, ci gaban albarkatun ɗan adam da amincin abinci. 'Yan Bangladesh suna samun rayuwarsu daga aikin gona fiye da kowane bangare. Kasar tana cikin manyan masu samar da shinkafa (na huɗu), dankali (na bakwai), ruwan' ya'yan itace na wurare masu zafi (na shida), ruwan 'ya'yan itace (na shida), da kuma kifin kifi.
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