Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.0002 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh peaked at 0.0011 ha per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 ha per person, in 2019.
That places Bangladesh 63rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0007 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0007 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0008 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0008 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0007 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0009 ha per person | +29.2% |
| 1968 | 0.001 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 0.001 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0011 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.001 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0009 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0009 ha per person | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0009 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0009 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0009 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0008 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0008 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0008 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0007 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0007 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0006 ha per person | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0005 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0005 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0005 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0005 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0002 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0002 ha per person | -19.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 ha per person | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.0002 ha per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0007 ha per person, 23% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.0002 ha per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 2.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +29.2% | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0011 ha per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 ha per person in 2019.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 63rd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.