Sweet potatoes — Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sweet potatoes — Production was 302,073 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Bangladesh is 302,073 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Bangladesh peaked at 852,054 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 235,881 t, in 2019.
Bangladesh ranks 25th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 350,000 t | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 370,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 400,000 t | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 440,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 454,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 733,000 t | +61.5% |
| 1968 | 772,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 805,926 t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 852,054 t | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 831,896 t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 747,117 t | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 691,366 t | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 636,845 t | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 718,678 t | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 790,599 t | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 755,565 t | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 782,826 t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 794,952 t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 791,270 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 704,377 t | -11.0% |
| 1982 | 691,527 t | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 713,555 t | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 713,033 t | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 682,600 t | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 611,980 t | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 548,155 t | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 557,545 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 543,920 t | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 511,687 t | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 482,635 t | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 470,190 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 433,545 t | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 426,935 t | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 435,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 435,105 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 405,875 t | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 397,620 t | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 383,000 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 378,000 t | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 357,000 t | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 346,000 t | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 332,030 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 320,495 t | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 311,440 t | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 307,695 t | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 304,090 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 307,221 t | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 305,025 t | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 306,633 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 297,539 t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 252,891 t | -15.0% |
| 2013 | 263,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 259,472 t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 254,633 t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 259,372 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 262,702 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 246,816 t | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 235,881 t | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 245,719 t | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 279,801 t | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 303,710 t | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 303,717 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 302,073 t | -0.5% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 302,073 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 2.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 302,073 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 49,825 t, 6.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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% | 454,000 t | 733,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 517,214 t | 330,000 t | 805,926 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 760,190 t | 636,845 t | 852,054 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 655,796 t | 543,920 t | 791,270 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 438,159 t | 383,000 t | 511,687 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 326,900 t | 304,090 t | 378,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 263,894 t | 235,881 t | 306,633 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 287,004 t | 245,719 t | 303,717 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 22 Guinea 363,807 t compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 63,100 t compare
- 23 Niger 314,757 t compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 314,426 t compare
- 25 Cabo Verde 2,275 t compare
- 26 Peru 293,211 t compare
- 27 Sudan 278,269 t compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 254,823 t 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 in Bangladesh?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Bangladesh was 302,073 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 852,054 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 235,881 t in 2019.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Bangladesh ranks 25th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.