Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Bangladesh

Arable land in Bangladesh in 2023 — 7,880,400 ha. Ranked 32 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 8.4%.

2023 7.88M ha −0.47% vs 2022
World rank 32of 206
Period maximum 9.55M ha1989
Period minimum 7.7M ha2014

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Bangladesh, 1961–20237.5M8M8.5M9M9.5M10M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 8,605,000 ha1963: 8,605,000 ha1965: 8,777,000 ha1967: 8,843,000 ha1969: 8,810,000 ha1971: 8,837,000 ha1973: 9,131,000 ha1975: 9,144,000 ha1977: 9,131,000 ha1979: 9,118,000 ha1981: 9,109,000 ha1983: 9,089,000 ha1985: 9,152,000 ha1987: 9,235,000 ha1989: 9,553,000 ha1991: 9,385,000 ha1993: 8,506,000 ha1995: 8,404,000 ha1997: 8,390,000 ha1999: 8,436,000 ha2001: 8,303,000 ha2003: 8,228,000 ha2005: 8,111,000 ha2007: 8,016,000 ha2009: 7,989,000 ha2011: 7,863,000 ha2013: 7,718,000 ha2015: 7,762,240 ha2017: 7,787,330 ha2019: 7,857,000 ha2021: 7,874,100 ha2023: 7,880,400 ha
Change over the period: −724,600 (−8.42%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bangladesh 7.88M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
South Asia computed 203M ha
Southern Asia computed 219M ha
Arable land — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 7.88M −37,300 −0.47%
2022 7.92M +43,600 +0.55%
2021 7.87M −15,900 −0.2%
2020 7.89M +33,000 +0.42%
2019 7.86M +84,700 +1.09%
2018 7.77M −15,030 −0.19%
2017 7.79M −6,880 −0.09%
2016 7.79M +31,970 +0.41%
2015 7.76M +63,240 +0.82%
2014 7.7M −19,000 −0.25%
2013 7.72M −137,000 −1.74%
2012 7.86M −8,000 −0.1%
2011 7.86M −113,000 −1.42%
2010 7.98M −13,000 −0.16%
2009 7.99M −14,000 −0.17%
2008 8M −13,000 −0.16%
2007 8.02M −64,000 −0.79%
2006 8.08M −31,000 −0.38%
2005 8.11M −32,000 −0.39%
2004 8.14M −85,000 −1.03%
2003 8.23M −25,000 −0.3%
2002 8.25M −50,000 −0.6%
2001 8.3M −47,000 −0.56%
2000 8.35M −86,000 −1.02%
1999 8.44M −18,000 −0.21%
1998 8.45M +64,000 +0.76%
1997 8.39M +33,000 +0.39%
1996 8.36M −47,000 −0.56%
1995 8.4M −4,000 −0.05%
1994 8.41M −98,000 −1.15%
1993 8.51M −103,000 −1.2%
1992 8.61M −776,000 −8.27%
1991 9.39M −71,000 −0.75%
1990 9.46M −97,000 −1.02%
1989 9.55M +16,000 +0.17%
1988 9.54M +302,000 +3.27%
1987 9.24M +74,000 +0.81%
1986 9.16M +9,000 +0.1%
1985 9.15M −33,000 −0.36%
1984 9.19M +96,000 +1.06%
1983 9.09M −15,000 −0.16%
1982 9.1M −5,000 −0.05%
1981 9.11M −12,000 −0.13%
1980 9.12M +3,000 +0.03%
1979 9.12M −7,000 −0.08%
1978 9.13M −6,000 −0.07%
1977 9.13M −7,000 −0.08%
1976 9.14M −6,000 −0.07%
1975 9.14M +13,000 +0.14%
1974 9.13M +0 +0%
1973 9.13M −2,000 −0.02%
1972 9.13M +296,000 +3.35%
1971 8.84M +0 +0%
1970 8.84M +27,000 +0.31%
1969 8.81M −19,000 −0.22%
1968 8.83M −14,000 −0.16%
1967 8.84M +45,000 +0.51%
1966 8.8M +21,000 +0.24%
1965 8.78M +137,000 +1.59%
1964 8.64M +35,000 +0.41%
1963 8.61M +8,000 +0.09%
1962 8.6M −8,000 −0.09%
1961 8.61M

Southern Asia, 2023

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

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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