Albania vs Latvia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Albania
905,853
in 2010
Latvia
1.07 million
in 2010
Albania rank
138th
Latvia rank
135th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Albania
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 1.07 million against 905,853 in Albania, a difference of 166,737.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.2 times Albania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Latvia ahead.
Albania ranks 138th and Latvia ranks 135th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Albania | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 220,706 | 303,721 | 83,015 | Latvia |
| 1790s | 228,266 | 343,467 | 115,201 | Latvia |
| 1800s | 236,060 | 387,232 | 151,172 | Latvia |
| 1810s | 244,343 | 435,960 | 191,617 | Latvia |
| 1820s | 252,860 | 481,224 | 228,364 | Latvia |
| 1830s | 259,987 | 530,664 | 270,677 | Latvia |
| 1840s | 278,590 | 584,490 | 305,900 | Latvia |
| 1850s | 300,061 | 643,548 | 343,487 | Latvia |
| 1860s | 334,377 | 709,265 | 374,888 | Latvia |
| 1870s | 369,720 | 761,180 | 391,460 | Latvia |
| 1880s | 412,628 | 817,721 | 405,093 | Latvia |
| 1890s | 457,204 | 879,510 | 422,306 | Latvia |
| 1900s | 512,059 | 945,210 | 433,151 | Latvia |
| 1910s | 569,442 | 1.02 million | 447,978 | Latvia |
| 1920s | 620,220 | 1.04 million | 416,400 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 657,883 | 1.06 million | 403,907 | Latvia |
| 1940s | 732,581 | 1.08 million | 347,799 | Latvia |
| 1950s | 849,268 | 1.04 million | 191,372 | Latvia |
| 1960s | 1.14 million | 1.10 million | 44,370 | Albania |
| 1970s | 1.13 million | 1.06 million | 72,340 | Albania |
| 1980s | 1.03 million | 1.05 million | 14,940 | Latvia |
| 1990s | 1.00 million | 1.00 million | 1,260 | Latvia |
| 2000s | 958,259 | 1.02 million | 66,051 | Latvia |
| 2010s | 905,853 | 1.07 million | 166,737 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Albania or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 1.07 million against 905,853 in Albania as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Albania and Latvia?
- 166,737, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Latvia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Albania and Latvia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Albania ranks 138th and Latvia ranks 135th 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.