Sorghum — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sorghum — Yield was 1,271 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Bangladesh is 1,271 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 2,150 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 467.8 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Bangladesh 61st out of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,256 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 878.9 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1967 | 754 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1968 | 471.2 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1969 | 467.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 832.4 kg/ha | +77.9% |
| 1971 | 753.9 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 721.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 728 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 803.1 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 761.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 736.8 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 720 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 720.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 769.2 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 764.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 757.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 774.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 771.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 766.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 780.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 810.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 837.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 898.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 894.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 989.2 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 980.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 995.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,030 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 790.1 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1999 | 1,235 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 2000 | 1,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,235 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,236 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,236 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,163 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 1,321 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 1,359 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,346 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 2,150 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 2009 | 1,330 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2010 | 1,281 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 1,467 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 1,345 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 1,134 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 1,117 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,053 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 1,097 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 1,108 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1,192 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 1,097 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 1,167 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,212 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,277 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 1,271 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 1,271 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +77.9% | 467.8 kg/ha | 832.4 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +59.7% | 1,346 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +56.3% | 790.1 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -38.2% | 2,150 kg/ha | 1,330 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -37.5% | 754 kg/ha | 471.2 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -30.0% | 1,256 kg/ha | 878.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 983.49 kg/ha | 467.8 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 754.73 kg/ha | 720 kg/ha | 832.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 769.18 kg/ha | 757.8 kg/ha | 780.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 946.14 kg/ha | 790.1 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,361 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,189 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,219 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/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 — yield in Bangladesh?
- Sorghum — yield in Bangladesh was 1,271 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 2,150 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 467.8 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sorghum — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 61st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. 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 Sorghum — Yield. 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.