Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2227 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh stood at 0.2227 ha per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh peaked at 0.56 ha per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.1768 ha per square kilometre, in 2019.
Bangladesh ranks 25th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2842 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2996 ha per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.315 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 0.338 ha per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 0.3534 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3388 ha per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.4509 ha per square kilometre | +33.1% |
| 1968 | 0.5132 ha per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 0.5375 ha per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 0.5588 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 0.5588 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.5165 ha per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4894 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4654 ha per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.5113 ha per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 0.5496 ha per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 0.5423 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.5519 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.56 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5558 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5217 ha per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5088 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5076 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5014 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 0.4723 ha per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 0.429 ha per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 0.3961 ha per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 0.3921 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.401 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 0.3998 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3843 ha per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3744 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.348 ha per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 0.3439 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3511 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3479 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3319 ha per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3204 ha per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.3171 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.314 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3017 ha per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2924 ha per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.2825 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2752 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2697 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2619 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2582 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2426 ha per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2435 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2387 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2333 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1887 ha per square kilometre | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2083 ha per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1989 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1941 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1912 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1978 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1842 ha per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1768 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1885 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2037 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2222 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 0.2227 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.2227 ha per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 2.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.2227 ha per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.037 ha per square kilometre, 6.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +33.1% | 0.3388 ha per square kilometre | 0.4509 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3812 ha per square kilometre | 0.2842 ha per square kilometre | 0.5375 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5304 ha per square kilometre | 0.4654 ha per square kilometre | 0.56 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4686 ha per square kilometre | 0.3921 ha per square kilometre | 0.5558 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3519 ha per square kilometre | 0.3171 ha per square kilometre | 0.3998 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2742 ha per square kilometre | 0.2426 ha per square kilometre | 0.314 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2012 ha per square kilometre | 0.1768 ha per square kilometre | 0.2387 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2093 ha per square kilometre | 0.1885 ha per square kilometre | 0.2227 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 22 China 0.2474 ha per square kilometre compare
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2462 ha per square kilometre compare
- 24 Barbados 0.2326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 26 Cameroon 0.1908 ha per square kilometre compare
- 27 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1705 ha per square kilometre compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 0.1655 ha per square kilometre 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)
- 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 square kilometre in Bangladesh?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Bangladesh was 0.2227 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.56 ha per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1768 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 25th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.