Angola vs Iran: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Angola
50.99 million
in 2010
Iran
45.92 million
in 2010
Angola rank
16th
Iran rank
17th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Angola
  • Iran
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 50.99 million against 45.92 million in Iran, a difference of 5.07 million.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Iran ahead.

Angola ranks 16th and Iran ranks 17th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 1 and Iran in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Iran Difference Ahead
1780s 9.97 million 17.14 million 7.17 million Iran
1790s 10.54 million 17.41 million 6.87 million Iran
1800s 11.14 million 17.69 million 6.55 million Iran
1810s 11.77 million 17.97 million 6.20 million Iran
1820s 12.53 million 18.26 million 5.74 million Iran
1830s 13.33 million 19.20 million 5.86 million Iran
1840s 14.19 million 20.13 million 5.94 million Iran
1850s 15.11 million 21.06 million 5.95 million Iran
1860s 16.08 million 21.98 million 5.90 million Iran
1870s 17.29 million 22.90 million 5.61 million Iran
1880s 18.60 million 26.28 million 7.68 million Iran
1890s 20.01 million 29.62 million 9.61 million Iran
1900s 21.53 million 32.14 million 10.61 million Iran
1910s 23.18 million 34.60 million 11.42 million Iran
1920s 27.12 million 37.87 million 10.75 million Iran
1930s 31.13 million 41.41 million 10.28 million Iran
1940s 36.43 million 45.26 million 8.84 million Iran
1950s 42.01 million 49.22 million 7.21 million Iran
1960s 50.97 million 56.00 million 5.02 million Iran
1970s 51.07 million 54.74 million 3.67 million Iran
1980s 51.08 million 52.71 million 1.64 million Iran
1990s 51.06 million 55.67 million 4.61 million Iran
2000s 50.95 million 58.52 million 7.57 million Iran
2010s 50.99 million 45.92 million 5.07 million Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Angola or Iran?
Angola, at 50.99 million against 45.92 million in Iran as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Angola and Iran?
5.07 million, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Iran?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Angola and Iran rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Angola ranks 16th and Iran ranks 17th 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.