Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 39,081 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 39,081 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 39,081 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,094 ha, in 1963.
That places Bangladesh 42nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,736 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,308 ha | -20.7% |
| 1963 | 8,094 ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 9,308 ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 10,117 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 16,600 ha | +64.1% |
| 1967 | 28,300 ha | +70.5% |
| 1968 | 33,600 ha | +18.7% |
| 1969 | 32,400 ha | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 28,300 ha | -12.7% |
| 1971 | 26,657 ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 22,893 ha | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 20,823 ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 19,462 ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 22,250 ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 20,975 ha | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 23,472 ha | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 24,971 ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 24,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 32,191 ha | +34.1% |
| 1985 | 28,104 ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 29,546 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 29,832 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 38,473 ha | +29.0% |
| 1989 | 38,198 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 38,579 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 38,484 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 39,008 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 35,750 ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 35,488 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 35,628 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 35,539 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 34,622 ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 34,818 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 34,008 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 29,150 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 25,900 ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 26,710 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 25,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 26,034 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 28,852 ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 29,394 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 33,666 ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 31,084 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 32,540 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 33,591 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 31,755 ha | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 31,182 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 28,750 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 29,560 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 31,753 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 35,712 ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 36,903 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 38,043 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 35,260 ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 32,710 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 31,175 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 36,139 ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 35,526 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 39,081 ha | +10.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 39,081 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 95% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +70.5% | 16,600 ha | 28,300 ha |
| 1966 | +64.1% | 10,117 ha | 16,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,718 ha | 8,094 ha | 33,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,380 ha | 19,462 ha | 28,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,634 ha | 24,000 ha | 38,473 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,192 ha | 34,008 ha | 39,008 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,923 ha | 25,900 ha | 33,666 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,251 ha | 28,750 ha | 38,043 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,926 ha | 31,175 ha | 39,081 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Bangladesh was 39,081 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 39,081 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,094 ha in 1963.
- How does Bangladesh rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 42nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.