Bangladesh vs China: Lentils, dry — Area harvested
Lentils, dry — Area harvested over time
- Bangladesh
- China
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 124,892 ha against 65,114 ha in China, a difference of 59,778 ha.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.9 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 8th and China ranks 10th of 59 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,984 ha | 0 ha | 67,984 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 196,900 ha | 0 ha | 196,900 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 240,260 ha | 23,700 ha | 216,560 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 207,433 ha | 76,681 ha | 130,752 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 136,659 ha | 82,700 ha | 53,959 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 121,410 ha | 64,437 ha | 56,972 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 138,399 ha | 65,381 ha | 73,018 ha | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lentils, dry — area harvested, Bangladesh or China?
- Bangladesh, at 124,892 ha against 65,114 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in lentils, dry — area harvested between Bangladesh and China?
- 59,778 ha, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and China rank globally for lentils, dry — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 8th and China ranks 10th of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Lentils, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.