Tea leaves — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Tea leaves — Yield was 7,449 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in Bangladesh stood at 7,449 kg/ha.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 7,533 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 263.3 kg/ha, in 1971.
Bangladesh ranks 15th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 829.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 708.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1963 | 683.3 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 763.1 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 699.8 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 719.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 715.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 671.5 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 700.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 686.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 263.3 kg/ha | -61.6% |
| 1972 | 527.8 kg/ha | +100.5% |
| 1973 | 596.8 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 745.3 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1975 | 680.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 791.1 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 861 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 887 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 847.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 900.6 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 858.5 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 919 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 946.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 850.7 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 970.3 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 831.5 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 821.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 874.8 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 937.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 824.1 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 4,115 kg/ha | +399.3% |
| 1992 | 4,155 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,458 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 4,604 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 4,730 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 4,311 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 4,802 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 4,527 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 5,004 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 4,115 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2001 | 4,650 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 4,942 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 4,904 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 4,698 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 4,696 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,790 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 4,411 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 4,431 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,390 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,997 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 4,641 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 4,698 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4,940 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 4,622 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 4,750 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 4,662 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 6,610 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2018 | 5,071 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2019 | 7,296 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2020 | 6,940 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 7,500 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 7,533 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 7,081 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 7,449 kg/ha | +5.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 7,449 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,144 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +399.3% | 824.1 kg/ha | 4,115 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +100.5% | 263.3 kg/ha | 527.8 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -61.6% | 686.2 kg/ha | 263.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 721.14 kg/ha | 671.5 kg/ha | 829.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 688.72 kg/ha | 263.3 kg/ha | 887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 891.11 kg/ha | 821.1 kg/ha | 970.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,153 kg/ha | 824.1 kg/ha | 5,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,603 kg/ha | 4,115 kg/ha | 4,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,229 kg/ha | 4,622 kg/ha | 7,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,301 kg/ha | 6,940 kg/ha | 7,533 kg/ha | 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 tea leaves — yield in Bangladesh?
- Tea leaves — yield in Bangladesh was 7,449 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 7,533 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 263.3 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Bangladesh rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 15th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tea leaves — Yield. 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.