Cereals, primary — Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Cereals, primary — Production was 66.35 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Bangladesh is 66.35 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Bangladesh peaked at 66.35 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.41 million t, in 1962.
Bangladesh ranks 9th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.52 million t | — |
| 1962 | 13.41 million t | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 16.04 million t | +19.6% |
| 1964 | 15.84 million t | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 15.85 million t | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 14.46 million t | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 16.88 million t | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 17.16 million t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 18.19 million t | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 16.91 million t | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 15.09 million t | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 15.32 million t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 18.02 million t | +17.6% |
| 1974 | 17.11 million t | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 19.32 million t | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 17.91 million t | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 19.77 million t | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 19.98 million t | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 19.66 million t | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 21.70 million t | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 21.59 million t | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 22.34 million t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 22.99 million t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 23.26 million t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 24.14 million t | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 24.27 million t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 24.30 million t | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 24.45 million t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 27.89 million t | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 27.75 million t | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 27.79 million t | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 28.99 million t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 28.04 million t | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 26.82 million t | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 26.81 million t | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 29.41 million t | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 28.80 million t | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 28.11 million t | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 35.86 million t | +27.6% |
| 2000 | 38.17 million t | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 38.45 million t | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 38.85 million t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 40.02 million t | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 37.76 million t | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 40.96 million t | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 40.77 million t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 40.87 million t | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 49.11 million t | +20.2% |
| 2009 | 49.18 million t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 51.28 million t | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 52.63 million t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 53.03 million t | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 54.02 million t | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 55.23 million t | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 56.08 million t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 55.91 million t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 56.43 million t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 59.02 million t | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 59.38 million t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 61.11 million t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 61.99 million t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 63.14 million t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 66.31 million t | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 66.35 million t | +0.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 66.35 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 43.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 66.35 million t is above the median for South Asia, which is 8.23 million t, 8.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production 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 | +27.6% | 28.11 million t | 35.86 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.82 million t | 13.41 million t | 18.19 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.91 million t | 15.09 million t | 19.98 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.69 million t | 21.59 million t | 27.89 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28.84 million t | 26.81 million t | 35.86 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.41 million t | 37.76 million t | 49.18 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.30 million t | 51.28 million t | 59.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.78 million t | 61.11 million t | 66.35 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 6 Russian Federation 120.40 million t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 15.47 million t compare
- 7 Argentina 85.73 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.39 million t compare
- 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t compare
- 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t compare
- 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.5052 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0512 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.4735 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0546 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Bangladesh?
- Cereals, primary — production in Bangladesh was 66.35 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 66.35 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.41 million t in 1962.
- How does Bangladesh rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Bangladesh ranks 9th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.