The Economic Front of Pakistan, which begged the IMF and World Bank on the matter, is nothing in India’s match. The special thing is that on one front, the condition of Pakistan has worsened than Bangladesh. We are not saying this like this. Its strong figures are in front of the whole world. Bangladesh, who separated from Pakistan in 1971, has economicly improved itself with Pakistan. A living example of this is a difference of foreign wealth between the countries of both.
Bangladesh has more than Forex Reserve Pakistan. India is far ahead of both countries on this front. India is the fourth largest country in the world in terms of Forex Reserve. In such a situation, India has no match with Pakistan and Bangladesh. But the condition of Pakistan on this front is also very surprising. Let us also tell you how much Bangladesh and Pakistan have the Forex Reserve and how much difference is there between the two countries.
How much is Pakistan’s Forex Reserve
Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves may have seen an increase in the week ended on May 2, 2025, but at present, its figure is not even $ 20 billion. According to the Pakistani media report, the State Bank of Pakistan currently has a total forex reserve of $ 10.33 billion with Forex Bhandar. In which (SBP) has seen an increase of $ 118.1 million. This increase has been seen for the second consecutive week. Whereas in the month of April, Pakistan’s Forex had seen a decline of 367 millisayan dollars, the forex reserve of Pakistan reached the lowest level of seven months.
Since then, the situation of State Bank of Pakistan has improved a total of $ 127 million in the last two weeks. Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves also saw a good growth, which increased by $ 230.8 million to 15.48 billion. Commercial bank reserves have increased by $ 112.7 million to $ 5.04 billion to $ 5.15. On a financial year-by-year basis, the reserves with SBP have seen an increase of $ 943 million.
How much wealth does Bangladesh have?
On the other hand, talking about the Forex Reserve of Bangladesh, it is in a much better position than Pakistan. According to the Bangladeshi media report, in April 2025, Bangladesh’s Forex Reserve has seen an increase of $ 2 billion. According to the fresh data of the Central Bank, by the end of April this year, Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves exceeded US $ 22 billion. Bangladesh Bank said that the country’s foreign exchange reserves were $ 22.023 billion on April 30, while in late March it was $ 20.35 billion.
However, by the end of April, the gross reserve was $ 27.41 billion. For rising economy like Bangladesh, foreign exchange reserves are considered sufficient as equal to six months of import bills. However, with the current reserves, Bangladesh is in a position to pay about five months of import bills. In August 2021, Bangladesh’s gross foreign exchange reserves reached the Life Time High of $ 48 billion.
Difference of more than $ 10 billion
If you compare between the gross reserve of India and Pakistan, then more than $ 10 billion is being seen. According to the data, Pakistan has a gross forex reserve $ 15.48 billion. While Bangladesh’s total forex reserve is $ 27.41 billion. In such a situation, Bangladesh has about $ 12 billion more forex reserve in the match of pauper Pakistan. The special thing is that Pakistan can import only 3 months from its total forex reserve. Whereas Bangladesh can use its Forex Reserve for five months to fill the import bill. In such a situation, the situation of Bangladesh is being seen very strong in Pakistan.
India is at number four in the world
On the other hand, talk of India, India is the fourth largest country in the world in terms of forex reserve. Talking about the fresh figures released by the RBI, the country’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $ 2.06 billion to $ 686.06 billion in the week ended May 2. A week before this, the total foreign exchange reserves rose $ 1.98 billion to $ 688.13 billion. In the end of September 2024, the foreign exchange reserves reached an all -time high of $ 704.89 billion.
According to data released by the Reserve Bank, a major part of foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 51.4 million to $ 581.18 billion in the week ended on May 2. In the week under review, the price of gold reserves declined by $ 2.54 million to $ 81.82 billion. The SDR declined by $ 300 million to $ 18.56 billion. According to the central bank data, India’s reserved reserves with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declined by $ 30 million to $ 4.51 billion in the week under review.