Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 78,606 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested in Bangladesh is 78,606 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 203,946 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 78,606 ha, in 2024.
That places Bangladesh 39th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122,108 ha | — |
| 1962 | 126,860 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 138,391 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 150,023 ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 154,570 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 164,700 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 176,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 180,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 179,334 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 178,877 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 176,200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 153,065 ha | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 141,006 ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 160,260 ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 166,137 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 145,744 ha | -12.3% |
| 1977 | 157,439 ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 166,815 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 167,865 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 164,470 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 161,882 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 174,358 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 179,212 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 180,079 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 177,085 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 173,146 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 177,595 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 185,503 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 184,262 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 199,036 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 203,946 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 200,386 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 198,063 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 194,550 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 194,669 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 189,015 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 190,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 190,092 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 189,781 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 186,155 ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 185,011 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 178,953 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 182,764 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 180,706 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 175,342 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 172,630 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 171,503 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 147,203 ha | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 143,306 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 129,500 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 130,141 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 122,521 ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 121,364 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 121,869 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 118,103 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 110,137 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 103,264 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 102,010 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 92,439 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 98,605 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 96,327 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 92,221 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 89,735 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 78,606 ha | -12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,798 ha | 122,108 ha | 180,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 161,341 ha | 141,006 ha | 178,877 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 175,759 ha | 161,882 ha | 185,503 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195,006 ha | 189,015 ha | 203,946 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 172,357 ha | 143,306 ha | 186,155 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115,135 ha | 92,439 ha | 130,141 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,099 ha | 78,606 ha | 98,605 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bangladesh was 78,606 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 203,946 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,606 ha in 2024.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 39th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.