Bananas — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Bananas — Yield was 16,363 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Bananas — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 16,363 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 18,526 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 13,274 kg/ha, in 1961.
Bangladesh ranks 62nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Bananas — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,274 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,716 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 13,806 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 15,864 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1965 | 15,304 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 18,052 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 16,972 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 17,722 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 17,286 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 15,136 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1971 | 15,684 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 15,603 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 15,701 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 15,616 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 15,542 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 15,599 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 15,522 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 15,608 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 15,787 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 16,211 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 16,134 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 16,338 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 16,088 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 17,041 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 17,038 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,526 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 16,660 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 15,893 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 16,276 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 16,031 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 16,009 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 16,363 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 16,215 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 16,220 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15,970 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 15,988 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 15,851 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 15,769 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 14,317 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 14,134 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 14,121 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 14,559 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 14,327 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 14,338 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 16,685 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2006 | 16,278 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 17,086 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 16,466 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 15,605 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 15,168 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 15,154 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 15,137 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 16,090 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 16,695 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 16,642 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 16,824 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 16,592 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 16,496 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 17,058 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 16,597 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 16,707 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 16,654 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 16,930 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 16,363 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 16,363 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 16,363 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 27,977 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,888 kg/ha | 13,274 kg/ha | 18,052 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,580 kg/ha | 15,136 kg/ha | 15,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,620 kg/ha | 15,893 kg/ha | 18,526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,873 kg/ha | 14,317 kg/ha | 16,363 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,360 kg/ha | 14,121 kg/ha | 17,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,186 kg/ha | 15,137 kg/ha | 17,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,650 kg/ha | 16,363 kg/ha | 16,930 kg/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 bananas — yield in Bangladesh?
- Bananas — yield in Bangladesh was 16,363 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 18,526 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,274 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for bananas — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 62nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. 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.