Rice — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rice — Yield was 5,291 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 5,291 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 5,291 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,530 kg/ha, in 1962.
Bangladesh ranks 33rd of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,530 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,769 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 1,707 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 1,683 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,583 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 1,694 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 1,747 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1,746 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,686 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 1,602 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 1,572 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 1,808 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 1,729 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 1,853 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 1,784 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,940 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,938 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,881 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 2,020 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 1,954 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 2,014 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,234 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 2,145 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 2,169 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 2,178 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,240 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 2,280 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 2,556 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 2,566 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,628 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 2,725 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 2,725 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,603 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 2,586 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,756 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 2,686 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 2,768 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 3,202 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 3,396 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 3,447 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,468 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,577 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 3,536 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 3,762 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 3,802 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,834 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 4,199 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 4,188 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 4,315 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 4,407 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 4,421 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 4,514 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,557 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 4,582 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 4,611 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 4,637 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 4,714 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 4,787 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,794 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 4,866 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,980 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 5,207 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 5,291 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 5,291 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 5,291 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,313 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,684 kg/ha | 1,530 kg/ha | 1,769 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,779 kg/ha | 1,572 kg/ha | 1,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,179 kg/ha | 1,954 kg/ha | 2,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,725 kg/ha | 2,566 kg/ha | 3,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,721 kg/ha | 3,396 kg/ha | 4,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,555 kg/ha | 4,315 kg/ha | 4,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,028 kg/ha | 4,794 kg/ha | 5,291 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 30 Bulgaria 5,419 kg/ha compare
- 31 France 5,338 kg/ha compare
- 32 Azerbaijan 5,313 kg/ha compare
- 34 Indonesia 5,290 kg/ha compare
- 35 Kazakhstan 5,224 kg/ha compare
- 36 Dominican Republic 5,104 kg/ha 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 — yield in Bangladesh?
- Rice — yield in Bangladesh was 5,291 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 5,291 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,530 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bangladesh rank for rice — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 33rd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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 — 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.