Argentina vs Kazakhstan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Argentina
117.92 million
in 2010
Kazakhstan
196.86 million
in 2010
Argentina rank
8th
Kazakhstan rank
5th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Argentina
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 196.86 million against 117.92 million in Argentina, a difference of 78.95 million.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.7 times Argentina's.

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

Argentina ranks 8th and Kazakhstan ranks 5th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1780s 1.72 million 17.77 million 16.06 million Kazakhstan
1790s 2.19 million 17.97 million 15.77 million Kazakhstan
1800s 2.82 million 18.17 million 15.35 million Kazakhstan
1810s 3.63 million 18.39 million 14.77 million Kazakhstan
1820s 4.76 million 18.62 million 13.86 million Kazakhstan
1830s 6.26 million 18.87 million 12.60 million Kazakhstan
1840s 8.12 million 19.15 million 11.03 million Kazakhstan
1850s 10.31 million 19.42 million 9.10 million Kazakhstan
1860s 13.02 million 19.69 million 6.67 million Kazakhstan
1870s 16.40 million 19.98 million 3.59 million Kazakhstan
1880s 20.70 million 26.25 million 5.54 million Kazakhstan
1890s 26.27 million 31.79 million 5.52 million Kazakhstan
1900s 33.21 million 43.98 million 10.77 million Kazakhstan
1910s 45.04 million 57.06 million 12.02 million Kazakhstan
1920s 59.55 million 78.99 million 19.44 million Kazakhstan
1930s 78.84 million 91.14 million 12.30 million Kazakhstan
1940s 94.46 million 128.28 million 33.82 million Kazakhstan
1950s 108.83 million 113.22 million 4.40 million Kazakhstan
1960s 131.14 million 174.21 million 43.07 million Kazakhstan
1970s 122.92 million 178.94 million 56.02 million Kazakhstan
1980s 119.70 million 181.51 million 61.82 million Kazakhstan
1990s 117.87 million 183.35 million 65.49 million Kazakhstan
2000s 117.76 million 199.29 million 81.53 million Kazakhstan
2010s 117.92 million 196.86 million 78.95 million Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Argentina or Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstan, at 196.86 million against 117.92 million in Argentina as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Argentina and Kazakhstan?
78.95 million, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Kazakhstan?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Argentina and Kazakhstan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Argentina ranks 8th and Kazakhstan ranks 5th 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.