Potatoes — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Potatoes — Area harvested was 456,979 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 456,979 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 499,725 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 55,442 ha, in 1964.
Bangladesh ranks 7th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,539 ha | 55,442 ha | 84,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,173 ha | 76,236 ha | 96,676 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,731 ha | 96,482 ha | 123,393 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 140,796 ha | 116,582 ha | 244,837 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 308,736 ha | 237,600 ha | 402,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 462,333 ha | 430,446 ha | 499,725 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 461,313 ha | 455,523 ha | 468,699 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
- Rural population 66.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 117.29 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 813,560 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh was 456,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 499,725 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,442 ha in 1964.
- How does Bangladesh rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. 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 Potatoes — 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.