Bangladesh Agriculture at a Glance

Total family : 17,600,804
Total farm holding : 15,089,000
Total area : 14.845million hectare
Forest : 2.599 million hectare
Cultivable land : 8.44 million hectare
Cultivable waste : 0.268 million hectare
Current fellow : 0.469 million hectare
Cropping intensity : 175.97%
Single cropped area : 2.851 million hectare
Double cropped area : 3.984 million hectare
Triple cropped area : 0.974 million hectare
Net cropped area : 7.809 million hectare
Total cropped area : 13.742 million hectare
Contribution of agriculture sector to GDP : 23.50%
Contribution of crop sector to GDP : 13.44%
Manpower in agriculture : 62%
Total food crop demand : 23.029 million metric ton
Total food crop production : 27.787 million metric ton
Net production : 24.569 million metric ton