Spinach — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Spinach — Area harvested was 9,860 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Bangladesh is 9,860 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 9,976 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1961.
Bangladesh ranks 7th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,722 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,766 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 1,999 ha | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 2,088 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 2,102 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 2,078 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 2,245 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 2,432 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 2,607 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 2,785 ha | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 2,825 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,813 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,875 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 2,965 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3,220 ha | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 3,543 ha | +10.0% |
| 1989 | 3,750 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 4,014 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 3,931 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 4,140 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 4,403 ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 4,450 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,850 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 5,048 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 5,176 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 5,260 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 5,666 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 5,666 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,666 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,666 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,070 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 6,530 ha | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 7,130 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 7,436 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 7,793 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 8,016 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 8,181 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 8,077 ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 8,094 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 8,094 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,094 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8,237 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 8,722 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 8,744 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,257 ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 9,580 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 5,797 ha | -39.5% |
| 2021 | 9,976 ha | +72.1% |
| 2022 | 9,919 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 9,938 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,860 ha | -0.8% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 9,860 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 616 ha, 16.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +72.1% | 5,797 ha | 9,976 ha |
| 2020 | -39.5% | 9,580 ha | 5,797 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,439 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,895 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,245 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,982 ha | 2,432 ha | 3,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,572 ha | 3,931 ha | 5,260 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,564 ha | 5,666 ha | 8,016 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,508 ha | 8,077 ha | 9,580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,098 ha | 5,797 ha | 9,976 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 spinach — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Spinach — area harvested in Bangladesh was 9,860 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 9,976 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. 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 Spinach — 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.