Sugar cane — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 67,723 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Bangladesh is 67,723 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 191,077 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 67,723 ha, in 2024.
Bangladesh ranks 31st of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143,572 ha | 112,908 ha | 166,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 148,558 ha | 128,327 ha | 165,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,729 ha | 148,774 ha | 173,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 180,954 ha | 174,000 ha | 191,077 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 154,715 ha | 126,261 ha | 170,374 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,368 ha | 81,062 ha | 117,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,762 ha | 67,723 ha | 86,245 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 28 El Salvador 76,307 ha compare
- 29 Nicaragua 73,028 ha compare
- 30 Honduras 73,009 ha compare
- 32 Sudan 62,527 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 60,480 ha compare
- 34 Eswatini, Kingdom of 60,000 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Bangladesh was 67,723 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 191,077 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,723 ha in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 31st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — 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.