Bananas — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bananas — Area harvested was 49,720 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 49,720 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 58,792 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 33,600 ha, in 1961.
Bangladesh ranks 29th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,800 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 34,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 40,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 42,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 43,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 43,284 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 43,083 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 39,204 ha | -9.0% |
| 1971 | 37,984 ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 37,557 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 37,462 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 36,830 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 37,211 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 37,735 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 37,992 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 38,211 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 39,044 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 40,226 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 42,385 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 42,772 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 41,940 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 40,476 ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 40,580 ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 40,975 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 41,055 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 38,314 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 39,142 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 38,904 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 39,119 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 38,875 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 38,948 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 39,448 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 39,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 39,632 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 39,646 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 39,618 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 39,254 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 40,469 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 42,914 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 44,921 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 45,350 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 49,281 ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 53,862 ha | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 55,847 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 58,792 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 53,270 ha | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 53,585 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 53,946 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 52,847 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 49,278 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 48,157 ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 46,134 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 46,714 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 47,432 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 48,644 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 49,123 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 48,850 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 49,280 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 49,450 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 49,609 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 49,637 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 49,720 ha | +0.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 49,720 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 4.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 49,720 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 23,404 ha, 2.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 39,007 ha | 33,600 ha | 43,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,923 ha | 36,830 ha | 39,204 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,786 ha | 38,314 ha | 42,772 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,314 ha | 38,875 ha | 39,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,829 ha | 40,469 ha | 58,792 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,112 ha | 46,134 ha | 53,946 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,539 ha | 49,280 ha | 49,720 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 26 Cabo Verde 240 ha compare
- 26 Dominican Republic 55,954 ha compare
- 27 Haiti 54,297 ha compare
- 28 Sudan 53,668 ha compare
- 30 Costa Rica 45,868 ha compare
- 31 Mali 43,342 ha compare
- 32 Pakistan 40,106 ha compare
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 bananas — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Bananas — area harvested in Bangladesh was 49,720 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 58,792 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 29th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.