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

Angola
50.99 million
in 2010
Somalia
41.38 million
in 2010
Angola rank
16th
Somalia rank
19th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Angola
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 50.99 million against 41.38 million in Somalia, a difference of 9.61 million.

That makes Angola's figure about 1.2 times Somalia's.

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

Angola ranks 16th and Somalia ranks 19th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Somalia Difference Ahead
1780s 9.97 million 4.21 million 5.76 million Angola
1790s 10.54 million 4.54 million 6.00 million Angola
1800s 11.14 million 4.90 million 6.24 million Angola
1810s 11.77 million 5.28 million 6.49 million Angola
1820s 12.53 million 5.71 million 6.82 million Angola
1830s 13.33 million 6.48 million 6.85 million Angola
1840s 14.19 million 7.24 million 6.95 million Angola
1850s 15.11 million 8.08 million 7.02 million Angola
1860s 16.08 million 9.02 million 7.07 million Angola
1870s 17.29 million 10.15 million 7.14 million Angola
1880s 18.60 million 11.43 million 7.17 million Angola
1890s 20.01 million 12.87 million 7.14 million Angola
1900s 21.53 million 14.49 million 7.05 million Angola
1910s 23.18 million 16.28 million 6.90 million Angola
1920s 27.12 million 19.11 million 8.01 million Angola
1930s 31.13 million 22.44 million 8.69 million Angola
1940s 36.43 million 26.35 million 10.07 million Angola
1950s 42.01 million 30.97 million 11.04 million Angola
1960s 50.97 million 41.02 million 9.95 million Angola
1970s 51.07 million 41.07 million 10.00 million Angola
1980s 51.08 million 41.12 million 9.96 million Angola
1990s 51.06 million 41.12 million 9.94 million Angola
2000s 50.95 million 41.16 million 9.79 million Angola
2010s 50.99 million 41.38 million 9.61 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 Somalia?
Angola, at 50.99 million against 41.38 million in Somalia as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Angola and Somalia?
9.61 million, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Somalia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Angola and Somalia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Angola ranks 16th and Somalia ranks 19th 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.