Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 367 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 367 ha for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.3% on the previous year and down 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 15,000 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 367 ha, in 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 17th of 23 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,666 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,047 ha | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 3,642 ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 3,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,731 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 3,327 ha | -10.8% |
| 1971 | 3,337 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 2,916 ha | -12.6% |
| 1973 | 2,880 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 2,947 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +69.7% |
| 1976 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 9,600 ha | -36.0% |
| 1980 | 9,300 ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 9,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 7,200 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 7,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 5,906 ha | -16.8% |
| 1987 | 5,634 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 5,561 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 5,762 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 5,406 ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 5,376 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 5,803 ha | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 5,781 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,260 ha | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 5,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,047 ha | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 4,047 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,047 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,237 ha | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 2,110 ha | -34.8% |
| 2006 | 1,748 ha | -17.2% |
| 2007 | 1,503 ha | -14.0% |
| 2008 | 1,213 ha | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 908 ha | -25.1% |
| 2010 | 811 ha | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 732 ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 502 ha | -31.4% |
| 2013 | 405 ha | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 594 ha | +46.7% |
| 2015 | 575 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 538 ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 516 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 464 ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 465 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 467 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 448 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 433 ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 409 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 367 ha | -10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,922 ha | 3,642 ha | 5,666 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,301 ha | 2,880 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,256 ha | 5,561 ha | 9,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,783 ha | 5,260 ha | 6,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,812 ha | 908 ha | 5,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 560.2 ha | 405 ha | 811 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 424.8 ha | 367 ha | 467 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Bangladesh was 367 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 367 ha in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.2%. 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 Pigeon peas, dry — 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.