Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.066 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh stood at 0.066 ha per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh peaked at 0.1594 ha per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.066 ha per person, in 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 9th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1591 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1584 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1594 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 0.1586 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1563 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1472 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1557 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1489 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1533 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1435 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1323 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1344 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.134 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1291 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1327 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1237 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1225 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1204 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.1182 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1171 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1158 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1141 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1022 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1045 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1037 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1034 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0983 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0954 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0957 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0935 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0893 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0881 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0832 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0818 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0805 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0813 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0799 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0731 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0801 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0794 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0778 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.077 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0761 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0717 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0727 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.071 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0691 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0747 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0753 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0753 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0748 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.074 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0725 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0719 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0718 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0703 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0692 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0709 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0694 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0703 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0696 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0685 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0679 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.066 ha per person | -2.8% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.066 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0058 ha per person, 11.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.066 ha per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0479 ha per person, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1552 ha per person | 0.1472 ha per person | 0.1594 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1291 ha per person | 0.1182 ha per person | 0.1435 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.105 ha per person | 0.0954 ha per person | 0.1171 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0831 ha per person | 0.0731 ha per person | 0.0935 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0745 ha per person | 0.0691 ha per person | 0.0794 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.072 ha per person | 0.0692 ha per person | 0.0753 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0684 ha per person | 0.066 ha per person | 0.0703 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 6 Sierra Leone 0.1142 ha per person compare
- 7 Suriname 0.0801 ha per person compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 0.0766 ha per person compare
- 10 Madagascar 0.0638 ha per person compare
- 11 Liberia 0.0517 ha per person compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 0.0516 ha per person 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 rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh?
- Rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh was 0.066 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1594 ha per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.066 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 9th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.