Bangladesh vs Myanmar: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Bangladesh
3.2%
in 2023
Myanmar
3.3%
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
46th
Myanmar rank
44th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Bangladesh
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 3.3% against 3.2% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Myanmar ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 46th and Myanmar ranks 44th of 225 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Myanmar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.9% | -1.6% | 5.5% | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 1.7% | -0.6% | 2.4% | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | -4.9% | 0.5% | 5.4% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | -2.9% | 9.1% | 12.0% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | -1.4% | 11.7% | 13.1% | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 3.4% | 0.5% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Bangladesh or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 3.3% against 3.2% in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Bangladesh and Myanmar?
- 0.1%, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Myanmar?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Myanmar rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Bangladesh ranks 46th and Myanmar ranks 44th 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.