Cereals, primary — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,408 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Bangladesh stood at 5,408 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 5,408 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,514 kg/ha, in 1962.
Bangladesh ranks 35th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,681 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,514 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 1,749 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 1,692 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,670 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 1,571 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 1,682 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 1,728 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 1,725 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,666 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 1,583 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 1,554 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 1,785 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1974 | 1,708 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 1,832 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 1,769 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 1,924 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,927 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1,871 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 2,006 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1981 | 1,938 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 1,998 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,206 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 2,135 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 2,148 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,147 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 2,202 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,236 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 2,500 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 2,491 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,556 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 2,660 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 2,653 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,541 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,530 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 2,687 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 2,629 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 2,708 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 3,105 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 3,302 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2001 | 3,353 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,374 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,480 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 3,439 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 3,664 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 3,710 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 3,783 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4,154 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 4,126 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,263 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 4,367 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 4,396 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 4,492 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 4,559 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 4,588 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,624 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,684 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 4,778 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,855 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,886 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,964 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 5,090 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 5,321 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 5,408 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 5,408 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 5,408 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 3,592 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,668 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,749 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,762 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 1,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,151 kg/ha | 1,938 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,656 kg/ha | 2,491 kg/ha | 3,105 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,639 kg/ha | 3,302 kg/ha | 4,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,561 kg/ha | 4,263 kg/ha | 4,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,134 kg/ha | 4,886 kg/ha | 5,408 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Bangladesh?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Bangladesh was 5,408 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 5,408 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,514 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bangladesh rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 35th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 — Yield. 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.