Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1988 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bangladesh, 1961–2023
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.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 0.1988 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bangladesh peaked at 1.06 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.1988, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9357 | 0.8155 | 1.06 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.884 | 0.8046 | 0.9917 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.727 | 0.6681 | 0.7779 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5698 | 0.4576 | 0.6588 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3742 | 0.2985 | 0.4314 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2462 | 0.2241 | 0.2817 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2084 | 0.1988 | 0.2184 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
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- Summer temperature anomalies 0.5165 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.07 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.3565 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bangladesh?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Bangladesh was 0.1988 in 2023, according to 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.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 in 1962.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1988 in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Bangladesh ranks 134th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).