Energy finance in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has 7 active World Bank energy projects, with $1.58 billion committed, the 10th largest of 102 countries. 99.5% of its people had electricity in 2024.
- Committed
- $1.58bn
- Projects
- 7
- Per person
- $9.0
- Electricity access
- 100%
- Without electricity
- 0.9 million
Active projects
- Electricity Distribution Modernization Program$528 million
The PDO is to increase the delivery, reliability and efficiency of electricity supply and strengthen institutional capacity and readiness for its sustainable transformation.
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The proposed project aims to increase the transmission capacity and reliability of the electricity network in the eastern region and strengthen the institutional capacity of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB).
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To improve efficiency of gas distribution and end-use, and support carbon abatement in the gas sector
- Bangladesh Scaling-up Renewable Energy Project$244 million
The Project Development Objective is to increase installed generation capacity of, and mobilize financing for, renewable energy in Bangladesh.
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Improve the reliability and efficiency of the power system in Bangladesh through optimization of dispatch operation.
- Egy Sec Adj Credit Supplement$2 million
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Mobilizing climate and carbon finance support for distributed renewable energy development in Bangladesh
Source: World Bank Group, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Who else finances energy in Asia and the Pacific
- World Bank (IBRD and IDA)Loans, credits and grants to governments for generation, transmission, distribution and access. Co-leads Mission 300 with the African Development Bank, which aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.
- IFCEquity and loans for private power producers, utilities and off-grid companies; the World Bank Group’s private-sector arm.
- MIGAPolitical-risk insurance and credit enhancement that make cross-border energy investments bankable.
- SEFAGrants and concessional finance for project preparation, mini-grids, clean cooking and green baseload, managed by the African Development Bank.
- OPEC FundPublic- and private-sector loans and grants in developing countries, with energy among its core sectors.
- IsDBSharia-compliant finance for power, renewables and energy access in its member countries.
- GCFGrants, concessional loans, equity and guarantees for low-emission and climate-resilient projects, through accredited entities.
- CIFConcessional finance, delivered through the multilateral banks, for clean technology, renewables in low-income countries and coal transition.
- EIBThe EU’s lending arm: loans for renewables, grids and efficiency inside and outside Europe.
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