Turkey vs USSR: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade
Turkey
0.4%
in 2023
USSR
0.3%
in 1991
Turkey rank
74th
USSR rank
77th
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade over time
- Turkey
- USSR
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.4% against 0.3% in USSR, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Turkey ahead.
Turkey ranks 74th and USSR ranks 77th of 225 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Turkey averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Turkey | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | Turkey |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.8% | USSR |
| 1990s | 3.3% | 0.4% | 2.9% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade, Turkey or USSR?
- Turkey, at 0.4% against 0.3% in USSR as of 2023.
- What is the difference in is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade between Turkey and USSR?
- 0.1%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and USSR?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 1991.
- How do Turkey and USSR rank globally for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Turkey ranks 74th and USSR ranks 77th 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.