Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 5,422 kg/ha in 2018. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 5,422 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 5,896 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,994 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Bangladesh 97th out of 107 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,647 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 5,684 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 5,700 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 5,714 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 5,727 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 5,652 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 5,589 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 5,625 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 5,599 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 4,886 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 4,522 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 4,520 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,537 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 4,714 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 4,546 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 5,039 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1979 | 5,117 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 5,061 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 5,038 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 5,140 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 5,117 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 5,216 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 5,159 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 5,092 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 4,724 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 4,972 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 4,955 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 5,031 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 5,199 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 5,248 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 5,248 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,148 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 5,050 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 4,950 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 4,857 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 4,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,759 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 4,677 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 4,119 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 4,119 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,032 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 4,162 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 4,094 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 3,994 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 4,230 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 4,598 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 4,384 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 4,504 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 4,578 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 4,416 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 4,416 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,354 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2015 | 5,583 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 5,544 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 5,896 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 5,422 kg/ha | -8.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 5,422 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,672 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 5,727 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,911 kg/ha | 4,520 kg/ha | 5,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,047 kg/ha | 4,724 kg/ha | 5,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,035 kg/ha | 4,759 kg/ha | 5,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,241 kg/ha | 3,994 kg/ha | 4,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,079 kg/ha | 4,416 kg/ha | 5,896 kg/ha | 9 |
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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Bangladesh?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Bangladesh was 5,422 kg/ha in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 5,896 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,994 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Bangladesh rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 97th out of 107 countries with data for 2018.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. 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 — 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.