Sugar cane — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sugar cane — Yield was 43,319 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 43,319 kg/ha for sugar cane — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 50,008 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 35,589 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Bangladesh 66th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,589 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,247 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 37,493 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 38,914 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 43,942 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1966 | 50,008 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1967 | 49,909 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 46,256 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 45,016 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 45,321 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 47,216 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 41,140 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 42,109 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 43,690 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 43,888 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 44,954 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 44,981 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 44,061 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 44,787 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 44,155 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 44,355 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 44,320 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 44,389 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 43,026 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 42,033 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 41,446 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 41,868 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 41,594 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 38,978 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 39,830 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 40,203 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 39,747 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 40,644 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 39,329 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 41,342 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 41,074 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 42,833 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 42,128 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 39,948 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 40,558 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 39,935 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 39,950 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 41,152 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 39,605 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 40,879 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 36,162 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 38,451 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 38,492 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 41,443 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 38,220 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 40,210 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 42,770 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 40,581 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 42,045 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 42,528 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 42,779 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 41,959 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 40,360 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 38,760 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 42,703 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 42,820 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 42,725 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 42,759 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 43,319 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 43,319 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 43,319 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 44,923 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,819 kg/ha | 35,589 kg/ha | 50,008 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,215 kg/ha | 41,140 kg/ha | 47,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,616 kg/ha | 38,978 kg/ha | 44,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,708 kg/ha | 39,329 kg/ha | 42,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,663 kg/ha | 36,162 kg/ha | 41,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,021 kg/ha | 38,220 kg/ha | 42,779 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,865 kg/ha | 42,703 kg/ha | 43,319 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 sugar cane — yield in Bangladesh?
- Sugar cane — yield in Bangladesh was 43,319 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 50,008 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,589 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 66th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 — 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.