Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Afghanistan
36.63 million
in 2010
Madagascar
35.55 million
in 2010
Afghanistan rank
25th
Madagascar rank
26th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

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  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 36.63 million against 35.55 million in Madagascar, a difference of 1.09 million.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Madagascar ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 25th and Madagascar ranks 26th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 11 and Madagascar in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Madagascar Difference Ahead
1780s 4.11 million 8.05 million 3.94 million Madagascar
1790s 4.45 million 8.37 million 3.92 million Madagascar
1800s 4.82 million 8.69 million 3.87 million Madagascar
1810s 5.22 million 9.02 million 3.81 million Madagascar
1820s 5.65 million 9.44 million 3.79 million Madagascar
1830s 6.17 million 9.87 million 3.70 million Madagascar
1840s 6.88 million 10.32 million 3.44 million Madagascar
1850s 7.69 million 10.80 million 3.10 million Madagascar
1860s 8.59 million 11.29 million 2.70 million Madagascar
1870s 9.62 million 11.93 million 2.31 million Madagascar
1880s 10.92 million 12.61 million 1.69 million Madagascar
1890s 12.52 million 13.32 million 808,200 Madagascar
1900s 14.35 million 14.08 million 273,100 Afghanistan
1910s 16.44 million 16.78 million 334,900 Madagascar
1920s 19.22 million 19.01 million 210,600 Afghanistan
1930s 22.27 million 21.66 million 613,200 Afghanistan
1940s 25.66 million 24.69 million 965,300 Afghanistan
1950s 29.32 million 27.92 million 1.39 million Afghanistan
1960s 36.28 million 31.94 million 4.34 million Afghanistan
1970s 36.59 million 32.11 million 4.48 million Afghanistan
1980s 36.66 million 32.60 million 4.06 million Afghanistan
1990s 36.68 million 32.63 million 4.05 million Afghanistan
2000s 36.61 million 35.71 million 908,500 Afghanistan
2010s 36.63 million 35.55 million 1.09 million Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Afghanistan or Madagascar?
Afghanistan, at 36.63 million against 35.55 million in Madagascar as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Afghanistan and Madagascar?
1.09 million, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Madagascar?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Afghanistan and Madagascar rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Afghanistan ranks 25th and Madagascar ranks 26th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Has the world passed peak agricultural land?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
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Agricultural land is the sum of cropland and pasture used for grazing livestock. This is shown for three sources, which use different methods of estimation. While they disagree on how much land is used for agriculture, and the exact date that it peaked, they do all agree that we have passed the peak.