Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Areca nuts — Area harvested was 39,657 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for areca nuts — area harvested in Bangladesh is 39,657 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 164.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, areca nuts — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 82,600 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,898 ha, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 82,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 82,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 79,700 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 71,200 ha | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 44,900 ha | -36.9% |
| 1967 | 38,900 ha | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 38,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 40,900 ha | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 40,100 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 40,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 37,683 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 37,573 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 37,116 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 37,336 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 37,049 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 37,387 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 37,118 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 36,661 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 36,227 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 36,432 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 35,368 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 35,613 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 35,182 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 34,559 ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 33,945 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 34,233 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 34,648 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 34,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 34,912 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 35,813 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 35,916 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 35,813 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 35,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 36,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 36,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 36,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 77,000 ha | +113.9% |
| 2000 | 53,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 2001 | 77,800 ha | +46.8% |
| 2002 | 77,296 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 77,296 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 77,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 24,000 ha | -69.1% |
| 2006 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 20,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 17,000 ha | -17.5% |
| 2009 | 15,400 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 18,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 18,308 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 31,696 ha | +73.1% |
| 2013 | 15,025 ha | -52.6% |
| 2014 | 14,971 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 11,898 ha | -20.5% |
| 2016 | 12,309 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 17,000 ha | +38.1% |
| 2018 | 31,160 ha | +83.3% |
| 2019 | 38,927 ha | +24.9% |
| 2020 | 39,233 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 46,610 ha | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 39,157 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 39,243 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 39,657 ha | +1.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 39,657 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 11,444 ha, 3.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 39,657 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 39,657 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Areca nuts — Area harvested in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +113.9% | 36,000 ha | 77,000 ha |
| 2018 | +83.3% | 17,000 ha | 31,160 ha |
| 2012 | +73.1% | 18,308 ha | 31,696 ha |
| 2005 | -69.1% | 77,700 ha | 24,000 ha |
| 2013 | -52.6% | 31,696 ha | 15,025 ha |
| 2001 | +46.8% | 53,000 ha | 77,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,333 ha | 38,000 ha | 82,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,812 ha | 36,661 ha | 40,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,101 ha | 33,945 ha | 36,432 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,945 ha | 34,912 ha | 77,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,309 ha | 15,400 ha | 77,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,929 ha | 11,898 ha | 38,927 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,780 ha | 39,157 ha | 46,610 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is areca nuts — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Areca nuts — area harvested in Bangladesh was 39,657 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 82,600 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest areca nuts — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,898 ha in 2015.
- How does Bangladesh rank for areca nuts — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 4th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
- Is areca nuts — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 164.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Areca nuts — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.