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Agricultural land in Bangladesh

Agricultural land in Bangladesh was 72.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202472.2% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank20th of 224Countries ranked
Series high80.21989
Series low69.92014

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Agricultural land in Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024

67.57072.57577.58082.519611971198119912001201120241961: 72.8 %1962: 72.8 %1963: 72.8 %1964: 73.1 %1965: 74 %1966: 74.1 %1967: 74.5 %1968: 74.3 %1969: 74.3 %1970: 74.5 %1971: 74.5 %1972: 76.8 %1973: 76.7 %1974: 76.7 %1975: 76.9 %1976: 76.8 %1977: 76.8 %1978: 76.7 %1979: 76.7 %1980: 76.7 %1981: 76.7 %1982: 76.7 %1983: 76.6 %1984: 77.3 %1985: 77 %1986: 77.1 %1987: 77.7 %1988: 80.1 %1989: 80.2 %1990: 79.8 %1991: 79.3 %1992: 73.4 %1993: 72.6 %1994: 71.9 %1995: 72 %1996: 71.7 %1997: 71.9 %1998: 72.5 %1999: 72.9 %2000: 72.2 %2001: 72.2 %2002: 71.9 %2003: 71.7 %2004: 71.6 %2005: 71.5 %2006: 71.3 %2007: 71.2 %2008: 71.1 %2009: 71 %2010: 71 %2011: 70.1 %2012: 70.1 %2013: 70 %2014: 69.9 %2015: 70.4 %2016: 70.6 %2017: 70.6 %2018: 70.7 %2019: 72.2 %2020: 72.4 %2021: 72.4 %2022: 72.4 %2023: 72.2 %2024: 72.2 %657075808519611983200520241961: 72.8 %1962: 72.8 %1963: 72.8 %1964: 73.1 %1965: 74 %1966: 74.1 %1967: 74.5 %1968: 74.3 %1969: 74.3 %1970: 74.5 %1971: 74.5 %1972: 76.8 %1973: 76.7 %1974: 76.7 %1975: 76.9 %1976: 76.8 %1977: 76.8 %1978: 76.7 %1979: 76.7 %1980: 76.7 %1981: 76.7 %1982: 76.7 %1983: 76.6 %1984: 77.3 %1985: 77 %1986: 77.1 %1987: 77.7 %1988: 80.1 %1989: 80.2 %1990: 79.8 %1991: 79.3 %1992: 73.4 %1993: 72.6 %1994: 71.9 %1995: 72 %1996: 71.7 %1997: 71.9 %1998: 72.5 %1999: 72.9 %2000: 72.2 %2001: 72.2 %2002: 71.9 %2003: 71.7 %2004: 71.6 %2005: 71.5 %2006: 71.3 %2007: 71.2 %2008: 71.1 %2009: 71 %2010: 71 %2011: 70.1 %2012: 70.1 %2013: 70 %2014: 69.9 %2015: 70.4 %2016: 70.6 %2017: 70.6 %2018: 70.7 %2019: 72.2 %2020: 72.4 %2021: 72.4 %2022: 72.4 %2023: 72.2 %2024: 72.2 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202472.2 Estimated
202372.2 Estimated
202272.4 Estimated
202172.4 Estimated
202072.4 Estimated
201972.2 Estimated
201870.7 Estimated
201770.6 Estimated
201670.6 Estimated
201570.4 Estimated
201469.9 Estimated
201370 Estimated
201270.1 Estimated
201170.1 Estimated
201071 Estimated
200971 Estimated
200871.1 Estimated
200771.2 Estimated
200671.3 Estimated
200571.5 Estimated
200471.6 Estimated
200371.7 Estimated
200271.9 Estimated
200172.2 Estimated
200072.2 Estimated
199972.9 Estimated
199872.5 Estimated
199771.9 Estimated
199671.7 Estimated
199572 Estimated
199471.9 Estimated
199372.6 Estimated
199273.4 Estimated
199179.3 Estimated
199079.8 Estimated
198980.2 Estimated
198880.1 Estimated
198777.7 Estimated
198677.1 Estimated
198577 Estimated
198477.3 Estimated
198376.6 Estimated
198276.7 Estimated
198176.7 Estimated
198076.7 Estimated
197976.7 Estimated
197876.7 Estimated
197776.8 Estimated
197676.8 Estimated
197576.9 Estimated
197476.7 Estimated
197376.7 Estimated
197276.8 Estimated
197174.5 Estimated
197074.5 Estimated
196974.3 Estimated
196874.3 Estimated
196774.5 Estimated
196674.1 Estimated
196574 Estimated
196473.1 Estimated
196372.8 Estimated
196272.8 Estimated
196172.8 Estimated

Bangladesh compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Bangladesh is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/bangladesh. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/bangladesh.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/bangladesh (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Bangladesh, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Bangladesh?

Agricultural land in Bangladesh was 72.2% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Bangladesh?

80.2% in 1989, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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