Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 207,822 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 207,822 ha for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 207,822 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Bangladesh 5th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 25,500 ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 25,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 27,500 ha | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 28,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 34,400 ha | +21.6% |
| 1968 | 34,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 33,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 32,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 33,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 30,800 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 31,160 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 30,916 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 31,145 ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 33,172 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 31,912 ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 33,036 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 31,535 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 32,051 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 30,099 ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 33,528 ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 33,872 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 33,374 ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 34,058 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 33,775 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 33,095 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 33,919 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 34,036 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 35,235 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 34,762 ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 34,430 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 34,191 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 34,523 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 34,165 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 34,031 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 34,406 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 34,454 ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 33,184 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 33,994 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 34,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 36,842 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 37,654 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 51,968 ha | +38.0% |
| 2005 | 86,429 ha | +66.3% |
| 2006 | 115,741 ha | +33.9% |
| 2007 | 128,723 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 125,171 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 107,748 ha | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 117,560 ha | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 127,940 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 135,721 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 134,354 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 150,915 ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 169,609 ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 177,492 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 185,735 ha | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 178,506 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 172,456 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 185,273 ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 194,296 ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 205,405 ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 203,606 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 207,822 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,289 ha | 22,300 ha | 34,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,968 ha | 30,800 ha | 33,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,181 ha | 30,099 ha | 34,058 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,338 ha | 33,184 ha | 35,235 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,827 ha | 33,994 ha | 128,723 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,029 ha | 117,560 ha | 185,735 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 199,280 ha | 185,273 ha | 207,822 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 2 China 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 1.10 million ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 100,784 ha compare
- 4 Nigeria 612,609 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 65,670 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 55,362 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 188,796 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 21,222 ha compare
- 7 USSR 188,000 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 142,665 ha compare
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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Bangladesh was 207,822 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 207,822 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 5th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested. 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.