Bangladesh - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Bangladesh was 7,772,300 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,553,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 7,669,000 in 2014.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 8,605,000
1962 8,597,000
1963 8,605,000
1964 8,640,000
1965 8,777,000
1966 8,798,000
1967 8,843,000
1968 8,829,000
1969 8,810,000
1970 8,837,000
1971 8,837,000
1972 9,133,000
1973 9,131,000
1974 9,131,000
1975 9,144,000
1976 9,138,000
1977 9,131,000
1978 9,125,000
1979 9,118,000
1980 9,121,000
1981 9,109,000
1982 9,104,000
1983 9,089,000
1984 9,185,000
1985 9,152,000
1986 9,161,000
1987 9,235,000
1988 9,537,000
1989 9,553,000
1990 9,456,000
1991 9,385,000
1992 8,609,000
1993 8,506,000
1994 8,408,000
1995 8,404,000
1996 8,357,000
1997 8,390,000
1998 8,454,000
1999 8,436,000
2000 8,350,000
2001 8,303,000
2002 8,253,000
2003 8,228,000
2004 8,143,000
2005 7,911,000
2006 7,880,000
2007 7,816,000
2008 7,803,000
2009 7,796,000
2010 7,791,000
2011 7,678,000
2012 7,670,000
2013 7,678,000
2014 7,669,000
2015 7,732,240
2016 7,764,210
2017 7,757,330
2018 7,772,300

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Bangladesh was 0.048 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.174 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.048 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.174
1962 0.169
1963 0.165
1964 0.161
1965 0.158
1966 0.154
1967 0.150
1968 0.145
1969 0.141
1970 0.138
1971 0.135
1972 0.137
1973 0.135
1974 0.133
1975 0.131
1976 0.128
1977 0.124
1978 0.121
1979 0.118
1980 0.115
1981 0.111
1982 0.108
1983 0.106
1984 0.104
1985 0.101
1986 0.098
1987 0.097
1988 0.097
1989 0.095
1990 0.092
1991 0.089
1992 0.080
1993 0.077
1994 0.075
1995 0.073
1996 0.071
1997 0.070
1998 0.069
1999 0.067
2000 0.065
2001 0.064
2002 0.062
2003 0.061
2004 0.059
2005 0.057
2006 0.056
2007 0.055
2008 0.054
2009 0.053
2010 0.053
2011 0.051
2012 0.051
2013 0.050
2014 0.050
2015 0.049
2016 0.049
2017 0.049
2018 0.048

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Bangladesh was 59.71 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 73.39 in 1989, while its lowest value was 58.92 in 2014.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 66.11
1962 66.04
1963 66.11
1964 66.37
1965 67.43
1966 67.59
1967 67.93
1968 67.83
1969 67.68
1970 67.89
1971 67.89
1972 70.16
1973 70.15
1974 70.15
1975 70.25
1976 70.20
1977 70.15
1978 70.10
1979 70.05
1980 70.07
1981 69.98
1982 69.94
1983 69.82
1984 70.56
1985 70.31
1986 70.38
1987 70.95
1988 73.27
1989 73.39
1990 72.64
1991 72.10
1992 66.14
1993 65.35
1994 64.59
1995 64.56
1996 64.20
1997 64.45
1998 64.95
1999 64.81
2000 64.15
2001 63.79
2002 63.40
2003 63.21
2004 62.56
2005 60.77
2006 60.54
2007 60.04
2008 59.94
2009 59.89
2010 59.85
2011 58.98
2012 58.92
2013 58.98
2014 58.92
2015 59.40
2016 59.65
2017 59.59
2018 59.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use