Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 14,724 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 14,724 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 35,448 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,310 ha, in 1976.
That places Bangladesh 43rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,783 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,188 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 15,738 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 14,164 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 14,974 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 14,600 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 14,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,800 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 13,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,300 ha | -47.1% |
| 1971 | 11,300 ha | +54.8% |
| 1972 | 8,900 ha | -21.2% |
| 1973 | 7,540 ha | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 7,301 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 6,203 ha | -15.0% |
| 1976 | 5,310 ha | -14.4% |
| 1977 | 5,366 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 6,684 ha | +24.6% |
| 1979 | 6,012 ha | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 7,595 ha | +26.3% |
| 1981 | 16,518 ha | +117.5% |
| 1982 | 20,013 ha | +21.2% |
| 1983 | 17,515 ha | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 15,528 ha | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 16,930 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 12,711 ha | -24.9% |
| 1987 | 11,650 ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 16,994 ha | +45.9% |
| 1989 | 19,435 ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 18,542 ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 18,376 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 19,868 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 31,568 ha | +58.9% |
| 1994 | 32,978 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 34,629 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 34,556 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 34,641 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 14,797 ha | -57.3% |
| 1999 | 14,035 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 16,188 ha | +15.3% |
| 2001 | 16,997 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 15,378 ha | -9.5% |
| 2003 | 15,795 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 19,877 ha | +25.8% |
| 2005 | 17,646 ha | -11.2% |
| 2006 | 10,200 ha | -42.2% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 14,600 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 16,200 ha | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 17,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 17,280 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 17,320 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 17,341 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 34,017 ha | +96.2% |
| 2018 | 35,448 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 21,808 ha | -38.5% |
| 2020 | 21,182 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 15,848 ha | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 15,516 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 14,930 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 14,724 ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,850 ha | 13,800 ha | 16,188 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,192 ha | 5,310 ha | 11,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,489 ha | 7,595 ha | 20,013 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,399 ha | 14,035 ha | 34,641 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,008 ha | 10,200 ha | 19,877 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,501 ha | 14,000 ha | 35,448 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,440 ha | 14,724 ha | 21,182 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bangladesh was 14,724 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 35,448 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,310 ha in 1976.
- How does Bangladesh rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 43rd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.