Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0679 ha per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.0679 ha per person for rice — area harvested, per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh peaked at 0.1594 ha per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.0679 ha per person, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1591 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1584 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1594 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 0.1586 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1563 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1472 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1557 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1489 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1533 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1435 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1323 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1344 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.134 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.1291 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1327 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.1237 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1225 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1204 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.1182 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1171 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1158 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1141 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1022 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1045 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1037 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1034 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0983 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0954 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0957 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0935 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.09 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0878 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0839 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0824 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0812 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0817 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0807 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0781 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0811 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0803 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0779 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0775 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0761 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0717 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0727 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0723 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0715 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0755 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0753 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0757 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0751 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0737 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0726 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0723 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0714 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0684 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0716 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0704 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0698 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0687 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0698 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.069 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0679 ha per person | -1.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 0.0679 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0056 ha per person, 12.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 0.0679 ha per person is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0485 ha per person, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1552 ha per person | 0.1472 ha per person | 0.1594 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1291 ha per person | 0.1182 ha per person | 0.1435 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.105 ha per person | 0.0954 ha per person | 0.1171 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.084 ha per person | 0.0781 ha per person | 0.0935 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0751 ha per person | 0.0715 ha per person | 0.0803 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0721 ha per person | 0.0684 ha per person | 0.0757 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0688 ha per person | 0.0679 ha per person | 0.0698 ha per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 5 Myanmar 0.1194 ha per person compare
- 6 Sierra Leone 0.1085 ha per person compare
- 7 Suriname 0.0792 ha per person compare
- 9 Madagascar 0.0664 ha per person compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 0.0557 ha per person compare
- 11 Sri Lanka 0.0528 ha per person compare
More climate change data for Bangladesh
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.05 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 53,978 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,421 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 42,556 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 43.1 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,520 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 45,925 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 15,205 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 30,719 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 57.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh?
- Rice — area harvested, per capita in Bangladesh was 0.0679 ha per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1594 ha per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0679 ha per person in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.