Rice — Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rice — Production was 60.57 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 60.57 million t for rice — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Bangladesh peaked at 60.60 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.30 million t, in 1962.
Bangladesh ranks 4th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Production in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.43 million t | — |
| 1962 | 13.30 million t | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 15.93 million t | +19.8% |
| 1964 | 15.75 million t | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 15.75 million t | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 14.36 million t | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 16.76 million t | +16.7% |
| 1968 | 17.02 million t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 18.01 million t | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 16.71 million t | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 14.90 million t | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 15.13 million t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 17.86 million t | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 16.93 million t | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 19.14 million t | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 17.63 million t | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 19.45 million t | +10.3% |
| 1978 | 19.58 million t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 19.11 million t | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 20.82 million t | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 20.45 million t | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 21.32 million t | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 21.76 million t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 21.93 million t | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 22.56 million t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 23.11 million t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 23.12 million t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 23.32 million t | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 26.78 million t | +14.9% |
| 1990 | 26.78 million t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 26.71 million t | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 27.84 million t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 26.79 million t | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 25.62 million t | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 25.51 million t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 27.97 million t | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 27.28 million t | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 26.24 million t | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 33.89 million t | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 36.29 million t | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 36.69 million t | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 37.10 million t | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 38.37 million t | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 36.24 million t | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 39.61 million t | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 39.50 million t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 39.20 million t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 46.91 million t | +19.7% |
| 2009 | 47.59 million t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 49.48 million t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 50.63 million t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 50.73 million t | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 51.20 million t | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 51.79 million t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 52.45 million t | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 52.10 million t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 52.08 million t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 54.61 million t | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 54.78 million t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 56.06 million t | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 56.77 million t | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 57.78 million t | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 60.60 million t | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 60.57 million t | -0.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 60.57 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 313,868 t, 193.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 60.57 million t is above the median for South Asia, which is 5.96 million t, 10.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +29.2% | 26.24 million t | 33.89 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.70 million t | 13.30 million t | 18.01 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.65 million t | 14.90 million t | 19.58 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.52 million t | 20.45 million t | 26.78 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.46 million t | 25.51 million t | 33.89 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.75 million t | 36.24 million t | 47.59 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.98 million t | 49.48 million t | 54.78 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.36 million t | 56.06 million t | 60.60 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 1 India 217.87 million t compare
- 2 China 209.17 million t compare
- 3 China, mainland 207.53 million t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 43.45 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 4.05 million t compare
- 5 Indonesia 53.14 million t compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.75 million t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.48 million t compare
- 6 Thailand 33.55 million t compare
- 7 Myanmar 27.65 million t 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 — production in Bangladesh?
- Rice — production in Bangladesh was 60.57 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 60.60 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.30 million t in 1962.
- How does Bangladesh rank for rice — production?
- Bangladesh ranks 4th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 Rice — Production. 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.