Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 602,028 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 602,028 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 79.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 993,000 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 224,085 ha, in 2008.
That places Bangladesh 29th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 390,964 ha | 364,991 ha | 439,762 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 735,236 ha | 450,636 ha | 993,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 792,162 ha | 721,825 ha | 908,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 692,808 ha | 547,860 ha | 741,360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 378,320 ha | 224,085 ha | 495,822 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 320,774 ha | 232,734 ha | 373,928 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 573,243 ha | 437,595 ha | 619,010 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Bangladesh was 602,028 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 993,000 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 224,085 ha in 2008.
- How does Bangladesh rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 29th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.