Table 5.01 Cropping Intensity 1980-81 to 2002-03
				( Area in Million hectare )
Year	Total Land	Net	% of Net Cultivable	Net	Total	Cropping
	Area of the	Cultivable	Land in terms	Area	Cropped	Intensity
	Country	Land	of  Total Area	Sown	Area
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1980-81	14.29	9.38	65.64	8.56	13.16	153.74
1981-82	14.29	9.38	65.64	8.58	13.20	153.85
1982-83	14.29	9.36	65.50	8.65	13.00	150.29
1983-84	14.45	9.46	65.47	8.68	13.36	153.92
1984-85	14.48	9.43	65.12	8.64	13.15	152.20
1985-86	14.48	9.44	65.19	8.75	13.54	154.74
1986-87	14.7	9.51	64.69	8.85	13.34	150.73
1987-88	14.84	9.82	66.17	8.29	13.82	166.71
1988-89	14.84	9.84	66.31	8.15	13.71	168.22
1989-90	14.84	9.78	65.90	8.35	14.06	168.38
1990-91	14.84	9.72	65.50	8.17	14.03	171.73
1991-92	14.84	9.09	61.25	7.98	13.81	173.06
1992-93	14.84	8.75	58.96	7.85	13.70	174.52
1993-94	14.84	8.75	58.96	7.72	13.48	174.61
1994-95	14.84	8.77	59.10	7.74	13.52	174.68
1995-96	14.84	8.72	58.76	7.80	13.51	173.21
1996-97	14.85	8.24	55.49	7.85	13.80	175.80
1997-98	14.85	8.36	56.30	7.97	14.09	176.79
1998-99	14.85	8.43	56.77	7.99	13.96	174.72
1999-00	14.85	8.45	56.90	8.13	14.27	175.52
2000-01	14.85	8.40	56.57	8.08	14.30	176.98
2001-02	14.84	8.48	57.14	8.08	14.30	176.98
2002-03	14.84	8.42	56.74	8.06	14.17	175.81
Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)