Millet — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Millet — Yield was 1,126 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Bangladesh stood at 1,126 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 92.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 1,214 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 316.6 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Bangladesh 42nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 665.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 643.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 706.6 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 748.5 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 958.5 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1966 | 953.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 888.6 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1968 | 798.6 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1969 | 795.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 781.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 768.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 747.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 725.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 675.7 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 680.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 667.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 690.8 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 684.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 667.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 745.5 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 556.9 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1982 | 800.7 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1983 | 817 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 773.6 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 738.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 751.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 721.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 763.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 698 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 696.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 733.5 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 742.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 752.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 717.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 639.7 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 740.6 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 737.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 669.9 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 750.9 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 748.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 715.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 514.9 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2003 | 732.6 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2004 | 730.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 677 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 691 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 770.8 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 341.3 kg/ha | -55.7% |
| 2009 | 381.5 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 334.3 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2011 | 452.8 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2012 | 316.6 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2013 | 611.4 kg/ha | +93.1% |
| 2014 | 585.8 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 994.4 kg/ha | +69.8% |
| 2016 | 1,214 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 1,107 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 1,105 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,146 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 1,120 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,124 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,130 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,125 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,126 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1,126 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 1,126 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,135 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +93.1% | 316.6 kg/ha | 611.4 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +69.8% | 585.8 kg/ha | 994.4 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -55.7% | 770.8 kg/ha | 341.3 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +43.8% | 556.9 kg/ha | 800.7 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +42.3% | 514.9 kg/ha | 732.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 795.54 kg/ha | 643.9 kg/ha | 958.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 708.95 kg/ha | 667.1 kg/ha | 781.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 736.62 kg/ha | 556.9 kg/ha | 817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 718.07 kg/ha | 639.7 kg/ha | 752.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 630.39 kg/ha | 341.3 kg/ha | 770.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 786.72 kg/ha | 316.6 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,120 kg/ha | 1,130 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 millet — yield in Bangladesh?
- Millet — yield in Bangladesh was 1,126 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,214 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 316.6 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Bangladesh rank for millet — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 42nd out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.2%. 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 Millet — 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.