Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 377,073 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 377,073 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 238.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 377,073 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81,787 ha, in 2008.
Bangladesh ranks 3rd of 116 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,501 ha | — |
| 1962 | 138,809 ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 128,287 ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 140,833 ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 142,046 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 150,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 141,600 ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 109,300 ha | -22.8% |
| 1969 | 149,080 ha | +36.4% |
| 1970 | 141,917 ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 145,718 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 200,000 ha | +37.3% |
| 1973 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 250,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 250,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 253,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 239,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 228,600 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 238,738 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 239,565 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 248,244 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 247,807 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 250,077 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 248,702 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 249,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 282,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 242,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 234,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 230,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 211,248 ha | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 201,940 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 191,418 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 206,932 ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 190,204 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 159,043 ha | -16.4% |
| 2005 | 148,315 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 127,369 ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 99,402 ha | -22.0% |
| 2008 | 81,787 ha | -17.7% |
| 2009 | 86,087 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 85,919 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 89,238 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 105,355 ha | +18.1% |
| 2013 | 106,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 111,449 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 112,348 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 113,478 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 112,097 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 104,208 ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 111,980 ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 202,349 ha | +80.7% |
| 2021 | 372,167 ha | +83.9% |
| 2022 | 374,892 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 356,354 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 377,073 ha | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 136,617 ha | 109,300 ha | 150,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 188,764 ha | 141,917 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 245,030 ha | 228,600 ha | 253,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 244,388 ha | 211,248 ha | 282,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 149,250 ha | 81,787 ha | 206,932 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105,207 ha | 85,919 ha | 113,478 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 336,567 ha | 202,349 ha | 377,073 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Bangladesh was 377,073 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 377,073 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,787 ha in 2008.
- How does Bangladesh rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 3rd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 238.3%. 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 Other pulses n.e.c. — 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.