Sorghum — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sorghum — Area harvested was 48 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Bangladesh is 48 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 1,737 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 47 ha, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 809 ha | — |
| 1962 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,078 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 1,086 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 1,098 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 1,028 ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 1,032 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 989 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 909 ha | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 894 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 832 ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 818 ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 715 ha | -12.6% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +81.8% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +30.8% |
| 1985 | 1,697 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,737 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 1,503 ha | -13.5% |
| 1988 | 1,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 1,553 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 1,012 ha | -34.8% |
| 1991 | 585 ha | -42.2% |
| 1992 | 603 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 542 ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 465 ha | -14.2% |
| 1995 | 459 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 492 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 471 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 810 ha | +72.0% |
| 1999 | 810 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 810 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 810 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 809 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 692 ha | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 420 ha | -39.3% |
| 2006 | 184 ha | -56.2% |
| 2007 | 182 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 206 ha | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 200 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 196 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 150 ha | -23.5% |
| 2012 | 168 ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 134 ha | -20.2% |
| 2014 | 111 ha | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 95 ha | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 93 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 83 ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 73 ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 79 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 66 ha | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 54 ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 66 ha | +22.2% |
| 2023 | 47 ha | -28.8% |
| 2024 | 48 ha | +2.1% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 48 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +81.8% | 715 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 1998 | +72.0% | 471 ha | 810 ha |
| 2006 | -56.2% | 420 ha | 184 ha |
| 1991 | -42.2% | 1,012 ha | 585 ha |
| 2005 | -39.3% | 692 ha | 420 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 869.67 ha | 809 ha | 1,086 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 961.5 ha | 715 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,489 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,737 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 624.9 ha | 459 ha | 1,012 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 512.2 ha | 182 ha | 810 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 118.2 ha | 73 ha | 196 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.2 ha | 47 ha | 66 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
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 sorghum — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Bangladesh was 48 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,737 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 47 ha in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.