Claim: Sylhet is home to world's largest tea plantations, both in terms of area and production and Sylhet's per capita GDP is $3,050 in nominal terms and 6,250 in purchasing power parity terms.
Evidence: It is home to the country's largest natural gas fields, sole crude oil field, largest tea plantations, rubber, palm oil, cane, agarwood and citrus farms. Most of the tea production in Bangladesh is based around Sylhet, and the industry also has significant exports.