Algeria vs Indonesia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Algeria
36.81 million
in 2010
Indonesia
33.93 million
in 2010
Algeria rank
24th
Indonesia rank
27th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Algeria
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

Algeria currently reports 36.81 million against 33.93 million in Indonesia, a difference of 2.88 million.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Indonesia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Algeria has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 24th and Indonesia ranks 27th of 179 countries.

Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Indonesia Difference Ahead
1780s 9.02 million 3.00 million 6.03 million Algeria
1790s 9.35 million 3.21 million 6.14 million Algeria
1800s 9.69 million 3.45 million 6.24 million Algeria
1810s 10.03 million 3.74 million 6.29 million Algeria
1820s 10.38 million 4.04 million 6.34 million Algeria
1830s 12.22 million 4.36 million 7.86 million Algeria
1840s 14.08 million 4.71 million 9.38 million Algeria
1850s 15.96 million 5.05 million 10.91 million Algeria
1860s 17.85 million 6.18 million 11.67 million Algeria
1870s 19.76 million 7.43 million 12.33 million Algeria
1880s 21.69 million 8.73 million 12.96 million Algeria
1890s 23.64 million 10.11 million 13.53 million Algeria
1900s 25.61 million 11.50 million 14.11 million Algeria
1910s 27.60 million 13.35 million 14.24 million Algeria
1920s 29.59 million 15.26 million 14.33 million Algeria
1930s 31.59 million 16.89 million 14.71 million Algeria
1940s 33.66 million 18.57 million 15.09 million Algeria
1950s 35.68 million 20.74 million 14.93 million Algeria
1960s 44.09 million 23.33 million 20.76 million Algeria
1970s 40.75 million 23.25 million 17.51 million Algeria
1980s 39.80 million 23.08 million 16.73 million Algeria
1990s 36.21 million 27.81 million 8.40 million Algeria
2000s 36.55 million 30.18 million 6.37 million Algeria
2010s 36.81 million 33.93 million 2.88 million Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Algeria or Indonesia?
Algeria, at 36.81 million against 33.93 million in Indonesia as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Algeria and Indonesia?
2.88 million, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Indonesia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Algeria and Indonesia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Algeria ranks 24th and Indonesia ranks 27th 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.