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

Algeria
36.81 million
in 2010
Mozambique
37.01 million
in 2010
Algeria rank
24th
Mozambique rank
23rd

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Algeria
  • Mozambique
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M178018952010

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 37.01 million against 36.81 million in Algeria, a difference of 197,100.

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

Algeria ranks 24th and Mozambique ranks 23rd of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 20 and Mozambique in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Mozambique Difference Ahead
1780s 9.02 million 6.09 million 2.93 million Algeria
1790s 9.35 million 6.44 million 2.91 million Algeria
1800s 9.69 million 6.81 million 2.88 million Algeria
1810s 10.03 million 7.19 million 2.84 million Algeria
1820s 10.38 million 7.60 million 2.78 million Algeria
1830s 12.22 million 8.02 million 4.20 million Algeria
1840s 14.08 million 9.18 million 4.91 million Algeria
1850s 15.96 million 10.50 million 5.46 million Algeria
1860s 17.85 million 12.02 million 5.83 million Algeria
1870s 19.76 million 13.18 million 6.59 million Algeria
1880s 21.69 million 14.45 million 7.24 million Algeria
1890s 23.64 million 15.84 million 7.80 million Algeria
1900s 25.61 million 17.37 million 8.24 million Algeria
1910s 27.60 million 19.06 million 8.54 million Algeria
1920s 29.59 million 22.40 million 7.18 million Algeria
1930s 31.59 million 26.43 million 5.17 million Algeria
1940s 33.66 million 33.82 million 159,300 Mozambique
1950s 35.68 million 34.61 million 1.07 million Algeria
1960s 44.09 million 38.66 million 5.43 million Algeria
1970s 40.75 million 38.11 million 2.65 million Algeria
1980s 39.80 million 38.14 million 1.67 million Algeria
1990s 36.21 million 38.61 million 2.40 million Mozambique
2000s 36.55 million 37.11 million 559,100 Mozambique
2010s 36.81 million 37.01 million 197,100 Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Algeria or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 37.01 million against 36.81 million in Algeria as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Algeria and Mozambique?
197,100, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Mozambique?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Algeria and Mozambique rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Algeria ranks 24th and Mozambique ranks 23rd 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.