Potatoes — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Potatoes — Yield was 23,198 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Bangladesh is 23,198 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 23,198 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,846 kg/ha, in 1964.
Bangladesh ranks 62nd of 153 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.
Potatoes — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,149 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,022 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 6,268 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 5,846 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 7,239 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1966 | 8,135 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1967 | 8,530 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 9,360 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 9,496 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 10,125 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 9,961 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 9,875 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 9,537 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 9,119 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 9,379 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 9,413 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 9,503 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 10,150 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 9,406 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 9,506 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 9,781 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 10,172 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 10,275 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 10,415 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 10,419 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,172 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 10,054 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 10,338 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 9,786 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 9,141 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 9,987 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 10,793 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 10,679 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 10,957 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 11,166 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 11,274 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 11,255 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 11,397 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 11,281 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 12,059 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 12,916 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 12,601 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 13,802 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 14,431 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 14,880 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 14,385 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 14,977 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 16,537 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 13,337 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 18,230 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2011 | 18,093 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 19,063 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 19,379 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 19,384 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19,648 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 19,925 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 20,443 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 20,411 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 20,613 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 20,822 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 21,095 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 21,863 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 22,901 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 23,198 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 23,198 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 23,198 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +36.7% | 13,337 kg/ha | 18,230 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,449 kg/ha | 5,846 kg/ha | 9,496 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,647 kg/ha | 9,119 kg/ha | 10,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,092 kg/ha | 9,506 kg/ha | 10,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,793 kg/ha | 9,141 kg/ha | 11,397 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,993 kg/ha | 12,059 kg/ha | 16,537 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,519 kg/ha | 18,093 kg/ha | 20,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,976 kg/ha | 20,822 kg/ha | 23,198 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 59 Estonia 23,743 kg/ha compare
- 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,571 kg/ha compare
- 61 Uruguay 23,318 kg/ha compare
- 63 United Arab Emirates 22,893 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, Taiwan Province of 22,793 kg/ha compare
- 65 Colombia 22,699 kg/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 potatoes — yield in Bangladesh?
- Potatoes — yield in Bangladesh was 23,198 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 23,198 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,846 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Bangladesh rank for potatoes — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 62nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. 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 Potatoes — Yield. 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.