Algeria vs Ukraine: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Algeria
- Ukraine
How they compare
Ukraine currently reports 39.54 million against 36.81 million in Algeria, a difference of 2.73 million.
That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Ukraine ahead.
Algeria ranks 24th and Ukraine ranks 21st of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 7 and Ukraine in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Ukraine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 9.02 million | 10.67 million | 1.65 million | Ukraine |
| 1790s | 9.35 million | 11.06 million | 1.70 million | Ukraine |
| 1800s | 9.69 million | 11.46 million | 1.77 million | Ukraine |
| 1810s | 10.03 million | 11.87 million | 1.84 million | Ukraine |
| 1820s | 10.38 million | 12.48 million | 2.10 million | Ukraine |
| 1830s | 12.22 million | 13.15 million | 929,200 | Ukraine |
| 1840s | 14.08 million | 14.07 million | 16,400 | Algeria |
| 1850s | 15.96 million | 14.50 million | 1.46 million | Algeria |
| 1860s | 17.85 million | 16.22 million | 1.63 million | Algeria |
| 1870s | 19.76 million | 17.87 million | 1.89 million | Algeria |
| 1880s | 21.69 million | 20.59 million | 1.10 million | Algeria |
| 1890s | 23.64 million | 23.71 million | 65,500 | Ukraine |
| 1900s | 25.61 million | 28.16 million | 2.55 million | Ukraine |
| 1910s | 27.60 million | 33.92 million | 6.33 million | Ukraine |
| 1920s | 29.59 million | 33.87 million | 4.28 million | Ukraine |
| 1930s | 31.59 million | 31.65 million | 55,400 | Ukraine |
| 1940s | 33.66 million | 33.13 million | 532,100 | Algeria |
| 1950s | 35.68 million | 38.06 million | 2.38 million | Ukraine |
| 1960s | 44.09 million | 42.83 million | 1.26 million | Algeria |
| 1970s | 40.75 million | 41.85 million | 1.10 million | Ukraine |
| 1980s | 39.80 million | 41.48 million | 1.68 million | Ukraine |
| 1990s | 36.21 million | 40.26 million | 4.05 million | Ukraine |
| 2000s | 36.55 million | 40.04 million | 3.48 million | Ukraine |
| 2010s | 36.81 million | 39.54 million | 2.73 million | Ukraine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Algeria or Ukraine?
- Ukraine, at 39.54 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 Ukraine?
- 2.73 million, with Ukraine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Ukraine?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Algeria and Ukraine rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Algeria ranks 24th and Ukraine ranks 21st 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.