Barley — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Barley — Area harvested was 160 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Bangladesh is 160 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 37,200 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 146 ha, in 2020.
Bangladesh ranks 98th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,947 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,589 ha | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 30,756 ha | -8.4% |
| 1964 | 23,877 ha | -22.4% |
| 1965 | 20,639 ha | -13.6% |
| 1966 | 21,900 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 22,700 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 24,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 28,300 ha | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 29,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 37,200 ha | +26.1% |
| 1972 | 28,700 ha | -22.8% |
| 1973 | 25,900 ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 24,453 ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 25,550 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 25,558 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 23,484 ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 21,327 ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 19,952 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 19,557 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 18,351 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 15,128 ha | -17.6% |
| 1983 | 12,633 ha | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 9,605 ha | -24.0% |
| 1985 | 24,725 ha | +157.4% |
| 1986 | 21,996 ha | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 19,499 ha | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 17,910 ha | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 18,609 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 18,605 ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 17,618 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 16,060 ha | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 12,296 ha | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 10,072 ha | -18.1% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 9,354 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 9,407 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 9,270 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 8,498 ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 6,880 ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 5,668 ha | -17.6% |
| 2002 | 4,048 ha | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 2,383 ha | -41.1% |
| 2004 | 1,881 ha | -21.1% |
| 2005 | 1,275 ha | -32.2% |
| 2006 | 969 ha | -24.0% |
| 2007 | 929 ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 613 ha | -34.0% |
| 2009 | 549 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 619 ha | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 547 ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 361 ha | -34.0% |
| 2013 | 290 ha | -19.7% |
| 2014 | 248 ha | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 348 ha | +40.3% |
| 2016 | 356 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 329 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 301 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 191 ha | -36.5% |
| 2020 | 146 ha | -23.6% |
| 2021 | 186 ha | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 183 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 169 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 160 ha | -5.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 160 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 1% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +157.4% | 9,605 ha | 24,725 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,268 ha | 20,639 ha | 33,589 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,162 ha | 19,952 ha | 37,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,801 ha | 9,605 ha | 24,725 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,118 ha | 8,498 ha | 18,605 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,520 ha | 549 ha | 6,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 359 ha | 191 ha | 619 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 168.8 ha | 146 ha | 186 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 95 Mauritania 477 ha compare
- 96 Montenegro 399 ha compare
- 97 Oman 234 ha compare
- 99 Qatar 26 ha compare
- 100 Guatemala 8 ha compare
- 101 China, Taiwan Province of 0 ha compare
- 101 Malta 0 ha compare
- 101 Myanmar 0 ha compare
- 101 Rwanda 0 ha compare
- 101 Sudan (former) 0 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 barley — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Barley — area harvested in Bangladesh was 160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 37,200 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 146 ha in 2020.
- How does Bangladesh rank for barley — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 98th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.