Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 27,953 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 27,953 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 72,901 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 23,014 ha, in 2019.
That places Bangladesh 30th out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 41,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 44,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 44,100 ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 58,700 ha | +33.1% |
| 1968 | 66,800 ha | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 69,969 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 72,741 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 72,735 ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 67,233 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 63,704 ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 60,578 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 66,557 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 71,547 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 70,590 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 71,839 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 72,901 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 72,355 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 67,907 ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 66,225 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 66,070 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 65,266 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 61,485 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 55,840 ha | -9.2% |
| 1987 | 51,560 ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 51,040 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 52,203 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 52,045 ha | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 50,024 ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 48,736 ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 45,296 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 44,765 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 45,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 45,285 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 43,203 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 41,712 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 41,278 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 40,874 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 39,271 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 38,056 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 36,773 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 35,826 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 35,110 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 34,092 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 33,609 ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 31,578 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 31,697 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 31,071 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 30,373 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 24,567 ha | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 27,108 ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 25,890 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 25,260 ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 24,886 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 25,750 ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 23,975 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 23,014 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 24,543 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 26,517 ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 28,940 ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 28,951 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27,953 ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,619 ha | 37,000 ha | 69,969 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,042 ha | 60,578 ha | 72,901 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,995 ha | 51,040 ha | 72,355 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,804 ha | 41,278 ha | 52,045 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,689 ha | 31,578 ha | 40,874 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,189 ha | 23,014 ha | 31,071 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,381 ha | 24,543 ha | 28,951 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 27 Sierra Leone 31,045 ha compare
- 28 Zambia 29,784 ha compare
- 29 Zimbabwe 28,137 ha compare
- 31 South Africa 27,285 ha compare
- 32 Republic of Korea 20,358 ha compare
- 33 Ethiopia PDR 19,200 ha 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bangladesh was 27,953 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 72,901 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,014 ha in 2019.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 30th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.