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Agricultural land share — Bangladesh

Agricultural land share in Bangladesh in 2023 — 72.31%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.52 pp.

2023 72.31% −0.06 pp vs 2022
World rank 15of 209
Period maximum 80.23%1989
Period minimum 69.9%2014

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Bangladesh, 1961–2023657075808519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 72.83%1963: 72.83%1965: 74.03%1967: 74.48%1969: 74.33%1971: 74.48%1973: 76.74%1975: 76.85%1977: 76.75%1979: 76.69%1981: 76.68%1983: 76.55%1985: 77.03%1987: 77.71%1989: 80.23%1991: 79.28%1993: 72.57%1995: 72.01%1997: 71.94%1999: 72.87%2001: 72.24%2003: 71.66%2005: 71.53%2007: 71.18%2009: 71.03%2011: 70.12%2013: 69.97%2015: 70.39%2017: 70.58%2019: 72.19%2021: 72.35%2023: 72.31%
Change over the period: −0.52 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 72.31%
World 36.93%
South Asia 58.34%
Southern Asia computed 49.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 44.89%
Agricultural land share — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 72.31 −0.06 pp
2022 72.37 +0.02 pp
2021 72.35 −0.09 pp
2020 72.44 +0.25 pp
2019 72.19 +1.5 pp
2018 70.69 +0.12 pp
2017 70.58 −0.05 pp
2016 70.63 +0.25 pp
2015 70.39 +0.49 pp
2014 69.9 −0.07 pp
2013 69.97 −0.09 pp
2012 70.06 −0.06 pp
2011 70.12 −0.87 pp
2010 70.99 −0.04 pp
2009 71.03 −0.05 pp
2008 71.08 −0.1 pp
2007 71.18 −0.11 pp
2006 71.29 −0.24 pp
2005 71.53 −0.09 pp
2004 71.62 −0.04 pp
2003 71.66 −0.19 pp
2002 71.85 −0.38 pp
2001 72.24 +0.02 pp
2000 72.21 −0.66 pp
1999 72.87 +0.4 pp
1998 72.47 +0.53 pp
1997 71.94 +0.29 pp
1996 71.65 −0.36 pp
1995 72.01 +0.12 pp
1994 71.89 −0.68 pp
1993 72.57 −0.79 pp
1992 73.36 −5.92 pp
1991 79.28 −0.51 pp
1990 79.79 −0.44 pp
1989 80.23 +0.12 pp
1988 80.1 +2.4 pp
1987 77.71 +0.57 pp
1986 77.14 +0.11 pp
1985 77.03 −0.25 pp
1984 77.28 +0.74 pp
1983 76.55 −0.11 pp
1982 76.65 −0.02 pp
1981 76.68 −0.05 pp
1980 76.72 +0.03 pp
1979 76.69 −0.03 pp
1978 76.72 −0.03 pp
1977 76.75 −0.05 pp
1976 76.81 −0.05 pp
1975 76.85 +0.12 pp
1974 76.74 +0 pp
1973 76.74 −0.02 pp
1972 76.75 +2.27 pp
1971 74.48 −0.02 pp
1970 74.49 +0.17 pp
1969 74.33 +0.05 pp
1968 74.28 −0.2 pp
1967 74.48 +0.35 pp
1966 74.13 +0.1 pp
1965 74.03 +0.9 pp
1964 73.14 +0.31 pp
1963 72.83 +0.02 pp
1962 72.8 −0.02 pp
1961 72.83 —

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BD Bangladesh 72.31 IN India 60.06 AF Afghanistan 58.44 LK Sri Lanka 48.61 PK Pakistan 46.69 IR Iran 29.01 NP Nepal 26.12 MV Maldives 19.8 BT Bhutan 13.82
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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Bangladesh by year Agriculture Irrigated land

The share of agricultural land equipped for irrigation.

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