Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 2,848 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bangladesh stood at 2,848 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.7% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 2,848 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,099 kg/ha, in 1971.
Bangladesh ranks 13th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,534 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,648 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 1,552 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 1,425 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 1,446 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1,405 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 1,278 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1968 | 1,159 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1969 | 1,349 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1970 | 1,326 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,099 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 1,320 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1973 | 1,241 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 1,222 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,513 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1976 | 1,325 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 1,309 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,387 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,406 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 1,390 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,444 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 1,496 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 1,585 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 1,344 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 1,463 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 1,466 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1,565 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 1,670 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,488 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 1,501 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1,614 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 1,597 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 1,632 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 1,636 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,521 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 1,648 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 1,744 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 1,669 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 1,712 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,791 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1,839 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 1,796 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 1,903 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 1,810 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 2,028 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 2,095 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 1,882 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 1,979 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 2,182 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 2,173 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,119 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 1,890 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 2,017 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 2,001 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,034 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,959 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 1,988 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2,086 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 2,108 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2,536 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 2021 | 2,438 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 2,496 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,549 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 2,848 kg/ha | +11.7% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 2,848 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 5.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 2,848 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 2,848 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,422 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha | 1,648 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,513 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,491 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 1,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,627 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha | 1,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,931 kg/ha | 1,791 kg/ha | 2,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,038 kg/ha | 1,890 kg/ha | 2,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,574 kg/ha | 2,438 kg/ha | 2,848 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/ha compare
- 14 Czechia 2,790 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 318.1 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 225.4 kg/ha compare
- 15 South Sudan 2,338 kg/ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 2,337 kg/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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bangladesh?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bangladesh was 2,848 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 2,848 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,099 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Bangladesh rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 13th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.