Afghanistan vs Turkey: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Afghanistan
0.5%
in 2023
Turkey
0.4%
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
71st
Turkey rank
74th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Turkey, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.3 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Turkey ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 71st and Turkey ranks 74th of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 2.7% | 2.3% | Turkey |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Turkey |
| 1990s | -0.4% | 3.7% | 4.2% | Turkey |
| 2000s | -0.0% | 1.4% | 1.5% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -5.1% | 5.3% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.9% | -0.7% | 1.7% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Afghanistan or Turkey?
- Afghanistan, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Turkey as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Afghanistan and Turkey?
- 0.1%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Turkey?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Turkey rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Afghanistan ranks 71st and Turkey ranks 74th of 225 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.