Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 7,563 ha in 2018. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2018, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 7,563 ha.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 12,897 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 7,062 ha, in 2015.
That places Bangladesh 15th out of 108 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 12,897 ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 11,483 ha | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 11,367 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 8,490 ha | -25.3% |
| 1973 | 7,574 ha | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 7,638 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 8,355 ha | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 8,871 ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 8,219 ha | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 8,594 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 8,721 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 8,706 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 8,670 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 8,844 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 9,036 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 9,055 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 9,225 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 9,182 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 9,136 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 9,613 ha | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 9,645 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 9,992 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 10,081 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 10,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,926 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 11,331 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 8,498 ha | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 7,284 ha | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 7,689 ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 7,689 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,491 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 7,835 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 7,824 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 7,374 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 7,564 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 7,814 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 7,663 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 7,700 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 7,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,284 ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 7,062 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 7,233 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 7,533 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 7,563 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,544 ha | 8,500 ha | 12,897 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,931 ha | 7,574 ha | 11,483 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,111 ha | 8,670 ha | 9,645 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,250 ha | 9,992 ha | 10,926 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,058 ha | 7,284 ha | 11,331 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,506 ha | 7,062 ha | 7,814 ha | 9 |
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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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bangladesh was 7,563 ha in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 12,897 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,062 ha in 2015.
- How does Bangladesh rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 15th out of 108 countries with data for 2018.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.