Millet — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Millet — Area harvested was 11,005 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Bangladesh is 11,005 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 150,545 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 9,376 ha, in 2017.
That places Bangladesh 47th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 60,370 ha | 48,900 ha | 82,419 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,724 ha | 56,253 ha | 79,803 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,578 ha | 43,763 ha | 150,545 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,218 ha | 73,247 ha | 90,302 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,884 ha | 20,477 ha | 41,176 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,361 ha | 9,376 ha | 35,871 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,939 ha | 10,678 ha | 11,111 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 44 Sierra Leone 14,773 ha compare
- 45 Mauritania 13,000 ha compare
- 46 South Africa 12,938 ha compare
- 48 France 10,699 ha compare
- 49 Burundi 10,000 ha compare
- 49 Central African Republic 10,000 ha compare
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 millet — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Millet — area harvested in Bangladesh was 11,005 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 150,545 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,376 ha in 2017.
- How does Bangladesh rank for millet — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 47th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 Millet — 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.