Pulses, Total — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,182 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Bangladesh stood at 1,182 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 1,247 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 624.6 kg/ha, in 1981.
Bangladesh ranks 86th of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 694.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 681 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 678.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 719.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 715.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 711.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 693.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 752.1 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 771.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 779.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 771.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 723.1 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 697.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 701.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 706.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 689.7 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 652.8 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 669.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 668.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 630.1 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 624.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 652.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 661.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 691.2 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 701.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 707.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 719.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 723.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 678.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 697.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 720.1 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 722.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 724.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 751 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 717.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 754.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 759.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 754.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 766.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 772.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 786 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 725 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 763.5 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 802.5 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 828.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 832.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 840.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 901.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 870.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 928.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 890.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 852.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 949.9 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 1,055 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 1,057 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,012 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 1,038 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,073 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 1,111 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1,071 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,141 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1,159 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,247 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 1,182 kg/ha | -5.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1,182 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 1,182 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,003 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 713.18 kg/ha | 678.4 kg/ha | 771.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 706.11 kg/ha | 652.8 kg/ha | 779.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 679.1 kg/ha | 624.6 kg/ha | 723.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 736.87 kg/ha | 697.9 kg/ha | 766.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 812.31 kg/ha | 725 kg/ha | 901.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 996.59 kg/ha | 852.1 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,247 kg/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)
- 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 pulses, total — yield in Bangladesh?
- Pulses, total — yield in Bangladesh was 1,182 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,247 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 624.6 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Bangladesh rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 86th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.