Table 3.04: Average Yield of Pulses from 1971-72 to 2005-06
						(Figures in metric ton per hectare)
	Year	Gram	Mung	Lentil	Khesari	Mashkalai	Others*	Average
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	1971-72	0.82	0.68	0.73	0.79	0.83	0.32	0.72
	1972-73	0.66	0.63	0.06	0.74	0.77	0.30	0.23
	1973-74	0.72	0.63	0.70	0.77	0.78	0.30	0.68
	1974-75	0.69	0.63	0.67	0.77	0.79	0.47	0.69
	1975-76	0.70	0.65	0.68	0.76	0.77	0.47	0.69
	1976-77	0.72	0.62	0.65	0.70	0.74	0.64	0.69
	1977-78	0.77	0.60	0.64	0.71	0.73	0.44	0.67					('000' metric tons)
	1978-79	0.76	0.55	0.59	0.69	0.69	0.44	0.64
	1979-80	0.67	0.54	0.58	0.69	0.70	0.67	0.65
	1980-81	0.66	0.47	0.60	0.68	0.70	0.87	0.67
	1981-82	0.69	0.45	0.65	0.69	0.68	0.64	0.66
	1982-83	0.76	0.60	0.61	0.75	0.70	0.62	0.69
	1983-84	0.77	0.57	0.67	0.80	0.71	0.54	0.72
	1984-85	0.74	0.58	0.70	0.74	0.72	0.28	0.68
	1985-86	0.75	0.55	0.72	0.71	0.65	0.30	0.67
	1986-87	0.79	0.61	0.70	0.74	0.66	0.67	0.71
	1987-88	0.73	0.57	0.73	0.79	0.74	0.66	0.73
	1988-89	0.64	0.49	0.73	0.67	0.71	0.62	0.67
	1989-90	0.68	0.51	0.74	0.70	0.74	0.64	0.69
	1990-91	0.73	0.55	0.75	0.73	0.76	0.67	0.72
	1991-92	0.70	0.58	0.73	0.75	0.74	0.67	0.72
	1992-93	0.78	0.58	0.78	0.70	0.77	0.65	0.73
	1993-94	0.72	0.56	0.81	0.76	0.78	0.61	0.75
	1994-95	0.73	0.59	0.81	0.77	0.78	0.62	0.75
	1995-96	0.72	0.58	0.83	0.76	0.77	0.61	0.75
	1996-97	0.72	0.62	0.83	0.78	0.78	0.61	0.76
	1997-98	0.71	0.63	0.79	0.81	0.75	0.99	0.78
	1998-99	0.71	0.61	0.80	0.79	0.67	0.92	0.76
	1999-00	0.72	0.65	0.77	0.82	0.73	1.06	0.79
	2000-01	0.74	0.65	0.77	0.83	0.74	1.42	0.80
	2001-02	0.72	0.68	0.73	0.81	0.72	1.45	0.79
	2002-03	0.73	0.67	0.75	0.85	0.75	0.78	0.77
	2003-04	0.75	0.68	0.79	0.84	0.74	0.81	0.79
	2004-05	0.73	0.73	0.79	0.92	0.74	0.70	0.82
	2005-06	0.77	0.75	0.86	0.84	0.74	0.76	0.83
	Source : Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) & Department of Agricultural Extension(DAE)
	Note:
	*Other Cereals mean Gharikolai, Orhar
	2003-04	0.75	0.68	0.79	0.84	0.74	0.81	0.79
	2004-05	0.73	0.73	0.79	0.92	0.74	0.70	0.82
	2005-06	0.77	0.75	0.86	0.84	0.74	0.76	0.83
	2003-04	10.4	29.6	122.2	134.2	18.4	18.0	332.82
	2004-05	9.6	17.9	121.0	136.0	17.1	14.2	315.83
	2005-06	9.8	16.9	115.3	107.2	17.4	12.8	279.4
	2003-04	13.9	43.6	154.8	159.2	25.0	22.3	418.74
	2004-05	13.1	24.4	153.9	148.4	23.2	20.3	383.28
	2005-06	12.7	22.4	134.7	127.4	23.4	16.8	337.4