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

Angola
50.99 million
in 2010
Nigeria
66.12 million
in 2010
Angola rank
16th
Nigeria rank
14th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Angola
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 66.12 million against 50.99 million in Angola, a difference of 15.13 million.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Angola's.

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

Angola ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Nigeria Difference Ahead
1780s 9.97 million 20.94 million 10.97 million Nigeria
1790s 10.54 million 21.52 million 10.98 million Nigeria
1800s 11.14 million 22.13 million 10.99 million Nigeria
1810s 11.77 million 22.76 million 10.99 million Nigeria
1820s 12.53 million 23.77 million 11.24 million Nigeria
1830s 13.33 million 24.83 million 11.49 million Nigeria
1840s 14.19 million 25.94 million 11.75 million Nigeria
1850s 15.11 million 27.11 million 12.01 million Nigeria
1860s 16.08 million 28.34 million 12.26 million Nigeria
1870s 17.29 million 29.88 million 12.59 million Nigeria
1880s 18.60 million 31.55 million 12.95 million Nigeria
1890s 20.01 million 33.33 million 13.32 million Nigeria
1900s 21.53 million 35.25 million 13.71 million Nigeria
1910s 23.18 million 37.92 million 14.74 million Nigeria
1920s 27.12 million 41.57 million 14.44 million Nigeria
1930s 31.13 million 44.91 million 13.78 million Nigeria
1940s 36.43 million 48.51 million 12.08 million Nigeria
1950s 42.01 million 52.42 million 10.41 million Nigeria
1960s 50.97 million 60.65 million 9.68 million Nigeria
1970s 51.07 million 61.19 million 10.12 million Nigeria
1980s 51.08 million 61.57 million 10.50 million Nigeria
1990s 51.06 million 62.56 million 11.49 million Nigeria
2000s 50.95 million 63.90 million 12.95 million Nigeria
2010s 50.99 million 66.12 million 15.13 million Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Angola or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 66.12 million against 50.99 million in Angola as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Angola and Nigeria?
15.13 million, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Nigeria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Angola and Nigeria rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Angola ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 14th 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.