Algeria vs Turkey: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Algeria
36.81 million
in 2010
Turkey
38.70 million
in 2010
Algeria rank
24th
Turkey rank
22nd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Algeria
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 38.70 million against 36.81 million in Algeria, a difference of 1.89 million.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Turkey ahead.
Algeria ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 22nd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 14 and Turkey in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 9.02 million | 14.52 million | 5.49 million | Turkey |
| 1790s | 9.35 million | 14.52 million | 5.16 million | Turkey |
| 1800s | 9.69 million | 14.52 million | 4.83 million | Turkey |
| 1810s | 10.03 million | 14.53 million | 4.50 million | Turkey |
| 1820s | 10.38 million | 14.55 million | 4.18 million | Turkey |
| 1830s | 12.22 million | 14.92 million | 2.70 million | Turkey |
| 1840s | 14.08 million | 15.26 million | 1.18 million | Turkey |
| 1850s | 15.96 million | 15.61 million | 346,600 | Algeria |
| 1860s | 17.85 million | 15.98 million | 1.87 million | Algeria |
| 1870s | 19.76 million | 16.37 million | 3.39 million | Algeria |
| 1880s | 21.69 million | 16.59 million | 5.10 million | Algeria |
| 1890s | 23.64 million | 16.78 million | 6.86 million | Algeria |
| 1900s | 25.61 million | 16.93 million | 8.68 million | Algeria |
| 1910s | 27.60 million | 17.12 million | 10.48 million | Algeria |
| 1920s | 29.59 million | 18.56 million | 11.03 million | Algeria |
| 1930s | 31.59 million | 20.33 million | 11.26 million | Algeria |
| 1940s | 33.66 million | 24.08 million | 9.58 million | Algeria |
| 1950s | 35.68 million | 26.96 million | 8.72 million | Algeria |
| 1960s | 44.09 million | 34.90 million | 9.19 million | Algeria |
| 1970s | 40.75 million | 36.44 million | 4.31 million | Algeria |
| 1980s | 39.80 million | 36.81 million | 3.00 million | Algeria |
| 1990s | 36.21 million | 37.97 million | 1.76 million | Turkey |
| 2000s | 36.55 million | 39.73 million | 3.17 million | Turkey |
| 2010s | 36.81 million | 38.70 million | 1.89 million | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Algeria or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 38.70 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 Turkey?
- 1.89 million, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Turkey?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Algeria and Turkey rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Algeria ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 22nd 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.