Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 496,681 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Bangladesh is 496,681 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 61.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 496,882 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,131 ha, in 1984.
Bangladesh ranks 53rd of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,704 ha | 3,200 ha | 8,903 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,561 ha | 2,004 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,468 ha | 1,131 ha | 3,772 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,024 ha | 2,428 ha | 4,047 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,123 ha | 4,855 ha | 223,770 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 295,226 ha | 152,009 ha | 445,099 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 484,665 ha | 471,709 ha | 496,882 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- 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)
- Rural population 66.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 117.29 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 813,560 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Bangladesh was 496,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 496,882 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,131 ha in 1984.
- How does Bangladesh rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 53rd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.7%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.