Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 40,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Bangladesh is 40,111 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 49,127 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 34,171 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Bangladesh 105th out of 152 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 Crops Primary — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,692 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,142 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 37,466 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 38,786 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 43,480 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 49,127 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 48,953 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 45,489 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 44,341 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 46,164 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 47,769 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 41,507 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 42,160 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 43,607 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 43,557 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 44,362 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 44,285 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 43,498 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 44,123 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 43,474 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 43,611 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 43,565 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 43,393 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 42,174 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 41,040 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 40,437 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 40,785 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 40,462 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 37,904 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 38,740 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 39,085 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 38,604 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 39,405 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 38,117 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 39,845 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 39,574 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 41,132 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 40,516 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 38,375 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 38,688 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 38,063 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 37,887 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 39,047 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 37,634 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 38,584 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 34,171 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 35,613 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 35,908 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 38,695 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 37,110 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 38,370 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 40,058 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 38,949 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 39,559 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 40,092 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 40,674 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 39,913 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 38,337 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 36,314 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 39,368 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 36,748 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 35,750 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 35,760 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 40,111 kg/ha | +12.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 40,111 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 40,111 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 44,923 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,386 kg/ha | 35,692 kg/ha | 49,127 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,103 kg/ha | 41,507 kg/ha | 47,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,685 kg/ha | 37,904 kg/ha | 43,611 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,339 kg/ha | 38,117 kg/ha | 41,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,429 kg/ha | 34,171 kg/ha | 39,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,938 kg/ha | 36,314 kg/ha | 40,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,548 kg/ha | 35,750 kg/ha | 40,111 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 crops primary — yield in Bangladesh?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Bangladesh was 40,111 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 49,127 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,171 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 105th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.