Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 3,946 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 3,946 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 43.5% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 191,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 3,946 ha, in 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 28th of 54 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,299 ha | — |
| 1962 | 57,466 ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 55,847 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 51,800 ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 51,396 ha | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 54,600 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 59,100 ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 61,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 68,400 ha | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 70,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 73,200 ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 71,669 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 90,000 ha | +25.6% |
| 1974 | 110,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1976 | 160,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 191,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1978 | 140,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 1979 | 127,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 128,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 128,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 116,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 118,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 113,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 108,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 103,634 ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 103,691 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 103,044 ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 102,759 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 102,867 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 96,714 ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 92,145 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 90,470 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 85,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 85,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 85,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 84,435 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 84,025 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 18,219 ha | -78.3% |
| 2000 | 18,219 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17,004 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 15,378 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 14,974 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 13,759 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 13,089 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 12,727 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 12,586 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9,349 ha | -25.7% |
| 2009 | 8,177 ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 7,224 ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 8,229 ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 7,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 7,284 ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 6,878 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 7,072 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 6,083 ha | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 5,917 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 5,027 ha | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 4,812 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 4,632 ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 4,580 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,335 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 6,978 ha | +61.0% |
| 2024 | 3,946 ha | -43.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,823 ha | 51,396 ha | 68,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 116,287 ha | 70,000 ha | 191,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112,533 ha | 102,759 ha | 128,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,468 ha | 18,219 ha | 102,867 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,526 ha | 8,177 ha | 18,219 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,623 ha | 4,812 ha | 8,229 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,894 ha | 3,946 ha | 6,978 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chick peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh was 3,946 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 191,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,946 ha in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 28th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. 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 Chick peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.