Wheat — Area harvested in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Wheat — Area harvested was 311,677 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Bangladesh stood at 311,677 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Bangladesh peaked at 882,224 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 53,419 ha, in 1965.
That places Bangladesh 54th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,664 ha | 53,419 ha | 117,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 150,640 ha | 119,800 ha | 264,753 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 556,271 ha | 433,221 ha | 676,125 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 675,210 ha | 574,650 ha | 882,224 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 591,482 ha | 388,000 ha | 832,447 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 393,285 ha | 330,348 ha | 444,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 320,888 ha | 311,677 ha | 332,254 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture share gdp 11.42 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.42 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
- Rural population 66.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 117.29 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 813,560 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Bangladesh?
- Wheat — area harvested in Bangladesh was 311,677 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 882,224 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,419 ha in 1965.
- How does Bangladesh rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 54th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. 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 Wheat — Area harvested. 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.