Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 73 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 73 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 192.0% on the previous year and up 204.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 51,100 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 9 ha, in 2017.
That places Bangladesh 24th out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 37,700 ha | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 50,700 ha | +34.5% |
| 1966 | 23,500 ha | -53.6% |
| 1967 | 51,100 ha | +117.4% |
| 1968 | 25,205 ha | -50.7% |
| 1969 | 38,731 ha | +53.7% |
| 1970 | 27,305 ha | -29.5% |
| 1971 | 23,316 ha | -14.6% |
| 1972 | 24,038 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 21,929 ha | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 15,402 ha | -29.8% |
| 1975 | 13,363 ha | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 14,542 ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 15,176 ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 16,062 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 13,740 ha | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 10,221 ha | -25.6% |
| 1981 | 9,758 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 9,505 ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 8,732 ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 9,063 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 10,360 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 9,331 ha | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 7,370 ha | -21.0% |
| 1988 | 5,914 ha | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 6,941 ha | +17.4% |
| 1990 | 20,107 ha | +189.7% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | -75.1% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -80.0% |
| 1993 | 992 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +605.6% |
| 1995 | 1,000 ha | -85.7% |
| 1996 | 2,238 ha | +123.8% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -55.3% |
| 1998 | 2,024 ha | +102.4% |
| 1999 | 1,297 ha | -35.9% |
| 2000 | 1,125 ha | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 981 ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 864 ha | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 744 ha | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 651 ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 571 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 501 ha | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 438 ha | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 68 ha | -84.5% |
| 2009 | 69 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 64 ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 67 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 64 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 59 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 24 ha | -59.3% |
| 2015 | 2,040 ha | +8400.0% |
| 2016 | 52 ha | -97.5% |
| 2017 | 9 ha | -82.7% |
| 2018 | 34 ha | +277.8% |
| 2019 | 31 ha | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 34 ha | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 24 ha | -29.4% |
| 2022 | 25 ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 73 ha | +192.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 73 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 736 ha, 10% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +8400.0% | 24 ha | 2,040 ha |
| 1994 | +605.6% | 992 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2018 | +277.8% | 9 ha | 34 ha |
| 2024 | +192.0% | 25 ha | 73 ha |
| 1990 | +189.7% | 6,941 ha | 20,107 ha |
| 1996 | +123.8% | 1,000 ha | 2,238 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,604 ha | 23,500 ha | 51,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,487 ha | 13,363 ha | 27,305 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,720 ha | 5,914 ha | 10,360 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,166 ha | 992 ha | 20,107 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 601.2 ha | 68 ha | 1,125 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.4 ha | 9 ha | 2,040 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.2 ha | 24 ha | 73 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 kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Bangladesh was 73 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 51,100 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 ha in 2017.
- How does Bangladesh rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 24th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 204.2%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.