Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.6634 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.6634 ha per square kilometre for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh peaked at 1.49 ha per square kilometre in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.3513 ha per square kilometre, in 2005.
Bangladesh ranks 19th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5285 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.5658 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 0.5223 ha per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 0.513 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.5192 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.6062 ha per square kilometre | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5689 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 0.6056 ha per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 0.6065 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.5792 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 0.549 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 0.6684 ha per square kilometre | +21.7% |
| 1973 | 0.8066 ha per square kilometre | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 0.9987 ha per square kilometre | +23.8% |
| 1975 | 1.08 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 1.31 ha per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 1.34 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 1.37 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 1.31 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 1.19 ha per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 1.14 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 1.11 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 1.04 ha per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9879 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.9434 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.9864 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 0.9833 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.9981 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.9713 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9505 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9296 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9296 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9357 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9234 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9203 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9219 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6467 ha per square kilometre | -29.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6436 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6125 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.5503 ha per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5347 ha per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.527 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3637 ha per square kilometre | -31.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3513 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3662 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3688 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3571 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4251 ha per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.37 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 0.5224 ha per square kilometre | +41.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5162 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.4993 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5969 ha per square kilometre | +19.5% |
| 2015 | 0.598 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.6378 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6378 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6278 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6713 ha per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 0.6187 ha per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6498 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6717 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6634 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.6634 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3191 ha per square kilometre, 2.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.6634 ha per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.1516 ha per square kilometre, 4.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +41.2% | 0.37 ha per square kilometre | 0.5224 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5596 ha per square kilometre | 0.513 ha per square kilometre | 0.6065 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.549 ha per square kilometre | 1.49 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 0.9434 ha per square kilometre | 1.31 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8772 ha per square kilometre | 0.6436 ha per square kilometre | 0.9713 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4457 ha per square kilometre | 0.3513 ha per square kilometre | 0.6125 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5677 ha per square kilometre | 0.37 ha per square kilometre | 0.6713 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6509 ha per square kilometre | 0.6187 ha per square kilometre | 0.6717 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 16 Djibouti 0.9595 ha per square kilometre compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 0.8434 ha per square kilometre compare
- 18 Benin 0.8082 ha per square kilometre compare
- 20 Lesotho 0.6531 ha per square kilometre compare
- 21 Cameroon 0.634 ha per square kilometre compare
- 22 Estonia 0.6259 ha per square kilometre 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 beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh?
- Beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh was 0.6634 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 ha per square kilometre in 1978.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3513 ha per square kilometre in 2005.
- How does Bangladesh rank for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 19th out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beans, dry — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Beans, dry — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.