Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 462,996 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 462,996 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.8% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 462,996 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 176,469 ha, in 1974.
Bangladesh ranks 13th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 225,817 ha | — |
| 1962 | 238,767 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 233,101 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 202,345 ha | -13.2% |
| 1965 | 185,753 ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 191,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 197,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 214,500 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 223,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 217,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 214,900 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 188,721 ha | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 191,481 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 176,469 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 196,194 ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 192,928 ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 194,284 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 205,795 ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 356,000 ha | +73.0% |
| 1980 | 352,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 372,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 364,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 356,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 364,075 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 385,149 ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 369,616 ha | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 342,703 ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 317,863 ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 333,959 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 338,406 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 339,127 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 339,764 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 338,176 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 336,544 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 337,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 335,976 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 336,087 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 343,630 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 343,986 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 328,609 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 317,814 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 303,113 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 297,555 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 279,235 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 241,545 ha | -13.5% |
| 2006 | 216,814 ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 210,545 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 233,596 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 233,916 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 242,101 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 252,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 276,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 294,550 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 293,920 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 324,908 ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 318,633 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 336,393 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 307,504 ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 270,018 ha | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 309,115 ha | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 329,538 ha | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 330,730 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 383,251 ha | +15.9% |
| 2024 | 462,996 ha | +20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,509 ha | 185,753 ha | 238,767 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 213,447 ha | 176,469 ha | 356,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355,736 ha | 317,863 ha | 385,149 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 338,880 ha | 335,976 ha | 343,986 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 266,274 ha | 210,545 ha | 328,609 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,603 ha | 242,101 ha | 336,393 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 363,126 ha | 309,115 ha | 462,996 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Bangladesh was 462,996 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 462,996 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 176,469 ha in 1974.
- How does Bangladesh rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 13th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.