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
- Afghanistan
- Madagascar
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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About this data
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.