Lentils, dry — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Lentils, dry — Yield was 1,480 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lentils, dry — yield in Bangladesh is 1,480 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 1,480 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 584.8 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Bangladesh 11th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 680.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 742.1 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 677 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 706.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 673.6 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 686.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 703.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 698.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 723.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 700 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 690 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 691.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 693.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 688.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 690 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 692 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 591.1 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1978 | 597.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 596.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 584.8 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 593 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 649.2 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 612.5 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 670.5 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 703.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 717.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 700.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 733.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 734.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 741.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 748.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 731.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 787.8 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 809.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 809 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 825 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 826.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 790.7 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 804.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 767.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 766.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 732.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 752.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 790.5 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 787 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 856.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 849.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 985.6 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2009 | 853.2 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 919.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 969.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 929 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,035 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 1,260 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 1,150 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 1,024 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 1,091 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 1,132 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 1,232 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 1,255 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,271 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1,320 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,454 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 1,480 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1,480 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 884.4 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 699.12 kg/ha | 673.6 kg/ha | 742.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 663.09 kg/ha | 591.1 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 669.91 kg/ha | 584.8 kg/ha | 734.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 787.46 kg/ha | 731.5 kg/ha | 826.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 814.08 kg/ha | 732.1 kg/ha | 985.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,074 kg/ha | 919.9 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,356 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/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 lentils, dry — yield in Bangladesh?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Bangladesh was 1,480 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,480 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 584.8 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Bangladesh rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 11th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 Lentils, dry — Yield. 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.