Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 2.34 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 2.34 t per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh peaked at 6.55 t per square kilometre in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1.81 t per square kilometre, in 2019.
Bangladesh ranks 16th 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 — Production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.54 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 2.69 t per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 2.84 t per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 3.07 t per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 3.38 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 3.49 t per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 5.63 t per square kilometre | +61.5% |
| 1968 | 5.93 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 6.19 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 6.55 t per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 6.39 t per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 5.74 t per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 5.31 t per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 4.89 t per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 5.52 t per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 6.07 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 5.8 t per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 6.01 t per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 6.11 t per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 6.08 t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 5.41 t per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1982 | 5.31 t per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 5.48 t per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 5.48 t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 5.24 t per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 4.7 t per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 4.21 t per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 4.28 t per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 4.18 t per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 3.93 t per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 3.71 t per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 3.61 t per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 3.33 t per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 3.28 t per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 3.34 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 3.34 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.12 t per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 3.05 t per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 2.94 t per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 2.9 t per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.74 t per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 2.66 t per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 2.55 t per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 2.46 t per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 2.39 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.36 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 2.34 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 2.36 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 2.34 t per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 2.36 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 2.29 t per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.94 t per square kilometre | -15.0% |
| 2013 | 2.02 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 1.99 t per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.96 t per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.99 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.02 t per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.9 t per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 1.81 t per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 1.89 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 2.15 t per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 2.33 t per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 2.34 t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 2.34 t per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5113 t per square kilometre, 4.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 2.34 t per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.4335 t per square kilometre, 5.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, 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 | +61.5% | 3.49 t per square kilometre | 5.63 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.97 t per square kilometre | 2.54 t per square kilometre | 6.19 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.84 t per square kilometre | 4.89 t per square kilometre | 6.55 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.04 t per square kilometre | 4.18 t per square kilometre | 6.08 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.37 t per square kilometre | 2.94 t per square kilometre | 3.93 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.51 t per square kilometre | 2.34 t per square kilometre | 2.9 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.03 t per square kilometre | 1.81 t per square kilometre | 2.36 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.18 t per square kilometre | 1.89 t per square kilometre | 2.34 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 13 Equatorial Guinea 3.66 t per square kilometre compare
- 14 Haiti 3.63 t per square kilometre compare
- 15 Dominica 3.15 t per square kilometre compare
- 17 Madagascar 2.24 t per square kilometre compare
- 18 Cuba 2.23 t per square kilometre compare
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.14 t 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 — production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Bangladesh was 2.34 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 6.55 t per square kilometre in 1970.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.81 t per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Bangladesh ranks 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. 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 — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production 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 — Production 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.