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
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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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.