Vegetables Primary — Production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Vegetables Primary — Production was 8.57 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 8.57 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Bangladesh peaked at 8.57 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 779,200 t, in 1962.
That places Bangladesh 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 806,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 779,200 t | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 807,900 t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 838,200 t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 905,700 t | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 1.03 million t | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 1.11 million t | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 1.16 million t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 1.13 million t | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 1.15 million t | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 1.14 million t | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 941,470 t | -17.2% |
| 1973 | 885,163 t | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 890,143 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 990,379 t | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 950,995 t | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 896,754 t | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 949,758 t | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 960,466 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 966,205 t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 943,900 t | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million t | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 1.06 million t | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 1.08 million t | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 1.07 million t | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 1.08 million t | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1.08 million t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.14 million t | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 1.15 million t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.23 million t | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 1.27 million t | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 1.28 million t | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.32 million t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 1.35 million t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 1.39 million t | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 1.42 million t | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 1.46 million t | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.48 million t | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.69 million t | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 1.72 million t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 1.71 million t | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.74 million t | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.74 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.01 million t | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 2.47 million t | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 2.81 million t | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 3.09 million t | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 3.61 million t | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 3.56 million t | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 3.81 million t | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 4.10 million t | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 4.26 million t | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 4.34 million t | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4.92 million t | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 5.68 million t | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 5.87 million t | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 6.22 million t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 6.16 million t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 6.45 million t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 6.85 million t | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 7.33 million t | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 7.78 million t | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 8.06 million t | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 8.57 million t | +6.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 8.57 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 741,032 t, 11.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 8.57 million t is above the median for South Asia, which is 2.89 million t, 3.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 951,573 t | 779,200 t | 1.16 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 975,511 t | 885,163 t | 1.15 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million t | 943,900 t | 1.15 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.39 million t | 1.23 million t | 1.69 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.45 million t | 1.71 million t | 3.61 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.18 million t | 3.81 million t | 6.45 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.72 million t | 6.85 million t | 8.57 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
- 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 242,709 t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 35,772 t compare
- 18 Ukraine 7.92 million t compare
- 18 Polynesia 35,456 t compare
- 19 Philippines 6.88 million t compare
- 19 Micronesia 9,346 t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,618 t compare
- 20 Pakistan 6.36 million 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 vegetables primary — production in Bangladesh?
- Vegetables primary — production in Bangladesh was 8.57 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 8.57 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 779,200 t in 1962.
- How does Bangladesh rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.