Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 638,429 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bangladesh is 638,429 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 13.6% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 638,429 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 308,330 ha, in 1965.
Bangladesh ranks 48th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 353,288 ha | — |
| 1962 | 360,563 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 356,866 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 321,303 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 308,330 ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 336,756 ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 352,456 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 358,868 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 365,846 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 340,576 ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 342,059 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 315,185 ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 320,123 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 322,227 ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 356,365 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 353,562 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 366,057 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 410,975 ha | +12.3% |
| 1979 | 580,395 ha | +41.2% |
| 1980 | 575,504 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 620,175 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 613,507 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 603,706 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 606,432 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 621,139 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 596,611 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 572,243 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 562,663 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 587,044 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 588,519 ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 585,080 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 587,379 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 577,992 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 591,590 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 593,092 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 590,671 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 587,810 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 575,620 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 525,644 ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 446,825 ha | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 433,982 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 420,622 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 414,562 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 408,386 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 391,326 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 387,488 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 385,427 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 401,756 ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 409,780 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 420,309 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 430,451 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 450,419 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 466,447 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 488,969 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 511,412 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 513,489 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 557,452 ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 528,147 ha | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 466,259 ha | -11.7% |
| 2020 | 500,944 ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 511,865 ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 511,267 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 562,128 ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 638,429 ha | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 346,031 ha | 308,330 ha | 365,846 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 370,752 ha | 315,185 ha | 580,395 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 595,902 ha | 562,663 ha | 621,139 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 580,340 ha | 525,644 ha | 593,092 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 410,015 ha | 385,427 ha | 446,825 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 483,335 ha | 420,309 ha | 557,452 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 544,927 ha | 500,944 ha | 638,429 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bangladesh was 638,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 638,429 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 308,330 ha in 1965.
- How does Bangladesh rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 48th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.