Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Bangladesh
- Pakistan
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 456,979 ha against 338,715 ha in Pakistan, a difference of 118,264 ha.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.3 times Pakistan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 7th and Pakistan ranks 8th of 153 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,539 ha | 16,960 ha | 46,578 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 86,173 ha | 25,646 ha | 60,527 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 108,731 ha | 52,731 ha | 56,000 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 140,796 ha | 84,080 ha | 56,716 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 308,736 ha | 120,491 ha | 188,245 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 462,333 ha | 173,408 ha | 288,925 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 461,313 ha | 282,619 ha | 178,693 ha | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Bangladesh or Pakistan?
- Bangladesh, at 456,979 ha against 338,715 ha in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Bangladesh and Pakistan?
- 118,264 ha, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Pakistan rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th and Pakistan ranks 8th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.