The figure was 31,084 in the fiscal year 2014-15. Thus, BEPZA is playing an important role to implement vision 2021 by creating huge employment opportunities in EPZs.
Among the 33,551 new employments in the last fiscal year, 8306 persons added in Karnaphuli EPZ, 7124 in Uttara EPZ, 6154 in Chittagong EPZ, 6368 in Adamjee EPZ, 3330 in Dhaka EPZ, 2522 in Comilla EPZ and 15 in Mongla EPZ.
Presently 453,652 Bangladeshi nationals are working in 461 enterprises of EPZs under BEPZA, among them 64% are female workers. EPZs of Bangladesh are playing a pivotal role in women empowerment.