Bangladesh vs Turkey: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Bangladesh
0.1988
in 2023
Turkey
0.2017
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
134th
Turkey rank
132nd

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Turkey
0.20.40.60.81196119922023

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 0.2017 against 0.1988 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.0029.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Turkey ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 134th and Turkey ranks 132nd of 163 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Turkey Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9357 0.913 0.0228 Bangladesh
1970s 0.884 0.7082 0.1759 Bangladesh
1980s 0.727 0.5265 0.2005 Bangladesh
1990s 0.5698 0.4079 0.1618 Bangladesh
2000s 0.3742 0.3276 0.0466 Bangladesh
2010s 0.2462 0.2448 0.0015 Bangladesh
2020s 0.2084 0.2045 0.0039 Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Bangladesh or Turkey?
Turkey, at 0.2017 against 0.1988 in Bangladesh as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Bangladesh and Turkey?
0.0029, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Turkey?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Turkey rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Bangladesh ranks 134th and Turkey ranks 132nd of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).