Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 40,915 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 40,915 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and down 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 68,053 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 29,289 ha, in 2008.
Bangladesh ranks 13th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 43,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 41,300 ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 40,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 41,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 44,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 45,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 45,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 45,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 45,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 43,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 41,066 ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 47,086 ha | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 46,392 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 45,624 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 49,200 ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 68,053 ha | +38.3% |
| 1978 | 55,517 ha | -18.4% |
| 1979 | 49,798 ha | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 45,091 ha | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 51,388 ha | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 55,004 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 52,369 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 51,673 ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 51,855 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 53,510 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 46,330 ha | -13.4% |
| 1988 | 47,172 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 45,777 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 45,070 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 38,019 ha | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 36,790 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 36,148 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 36,642 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 36,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 36,229 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 34,875 ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 32,823 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 31,565 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 31,161 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 29,959 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 30,352 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 30,756 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 30,352 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 29,947 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 31,721 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 30,699 ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 29,289 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 29,869 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 38,270 ha | +28.1% |
| 2011 | 48,866 ha | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 50,905 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 48,562 ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 50,180 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 51,547 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 46,472 ha | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 45,729 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 42,458 ha | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 59,640 ha | +40.5% |
| 2020 | 40,472 ha | -32.1% |
| 2021 | 40,307 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 40,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 37,695 ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 40,915 ha | +8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,300 ha | 40,900 ha | 45,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,214 ha | 41,066 ha | 68,053 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,017 ha | 45,091 ha | 55,004 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,416 ha | 31,565 ha | 45,070 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,410 ha | 29,289 ha | 31,721 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,263 ha | 38,270 ha | 59,640 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,998 ha | 37,695 ha | 40,915 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 10 Argentina 54,743 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,578 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 54,603 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 5,735 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,100 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 45,102 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,590 ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,198 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 31,325 ha compare
- 15 Uganda 23,274 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 532 ha compare
- 16 Kenya 21,399 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 451 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)
- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bangladesh was 40,915 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 68,053 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,289 ha in 2008.
- How does Bangladesh rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 13th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.