Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested was 723,639 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh is 723,639 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 1.06 million ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 390,526 ha, in 2004.
Bangladesh ranks 1st of 21 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 834,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 697,300 ha | -16.4% |
| 1963 | 688,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 671,800 ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 886,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 1966 | 876,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 971,000 ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 897,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 976,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 918,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 694,000 ha | -24.4% |
| 1972 | 896,261 ha | +29.1% |
| 1973 | 888,857 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 583,000 ha | -34.4% |
| 1975 | 511,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1976 | 650,000 ha | +27.2% |
| 1977 | 735,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 835,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 760,000 ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 635,000 ha | -16.4% |
| 1981 | 570,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 575,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 581,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 676,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 924,000 ha | +36.7% |
| 1986 | 1.06 million ha | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 772,300 ha | -27.0% |
| 1988 | 512,304 ha | -33.7% |
| 1989 | 543,386 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 541,704 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 583,439 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 588,097 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 478,300 ha | -18.7% |
| 1994 | 559,700 ha | +17.0% |
| 1995 | 458,500 ha | -18.1% |
| 1996 | 507,236 ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 577,493 ha | +13.9% |
| 1998 | 477,939 ha | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 407,928 ha | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 448,335 ha | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 456,680 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 436,661 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 407,920 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 390,526 ha | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 402,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 419,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 440,492 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 420,473 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 416,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 416,346 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 708,723 ha | +70.2% |
| 2012 | 760,427 ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 681,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 665,699 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 677,575 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 677,678 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 737,770 ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 758,218 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 749,658 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 679,493 ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 682,170 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 727,382 ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 729,891 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 723,639 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 833,033 ha | 671,800 ha | 976,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 747,112 ha | 511,000 ha | 918,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 684,693 ha | 512,304 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 518,034 ha | 407,928 ha | 588,097 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 423,809 ha | 390,526 ha | 456,680 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 683,309 ha | 416,346 ha | 760,427 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 708,515 ha | 679,493 ha | 729,891 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh was 723,639 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 390,526 ha in 2004.
- How does Bangladesh rank for jute, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 1st out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is jute, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested. 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.