Armenia vs Belgium: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Armenia
1.25 million
in 2010
Belgium
1.22 million
in 2010
Armenia rank
125th
Belgium rank
127th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Armenia
  • Belgium
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How they compare

Armenia currently reports 1.25 million against 1.22 million in Belgium, a difference of 30,960.

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

Armenia ranks 125th and Belgium ranks 127th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 3 and Belgium in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Belgium Difference Ahead
1780s 438,766 1.02 million 578,694 Belgium
1790s 454,124 1.03 million 580,016 Belgium
1800s 470,472 1.05 million 578,858 Belgium
1810s 487,905 1.06 million 576,345 Belgium
1820s 506,518 1.08 million 573,952 Belgium
1830s 529,065 1.12 million 592,745 Belgium
1840s 552,771 1.11 million 553,059 Belgium
1850s 578,458 1.15 million 568,782 Belgium
1860s 604,968 1.18 million 575,592 Belgium
1870s 633,475 1.21 million 578,835 Belgium
1880s 664,333 1.28 million 620,347 Belgium
1890s 696,000 1.36 million 661,760 Belgium
1900s 729,127 1.44 million 710,413 Belgium
1910s 760,451 1.53 million 771,349 Belgium
1920s 801,952 1.51 million 711,628 Belgium
1930s 847,993 1.58 million 734,327 Belgium
1940s 1.05 million 1.59 million 533,540 Belgium
1950s 1.09 million 1.60 million 503,560 Belgium
1960s 1.45 million 1.64 million 194,990 Belgium
1970s 1.41 million 1.52 million 117,470 Belgium
1980s 1.41 million 1.41 million 3,470 Belgium
1990s 1.29 million 1.24 million 51,620 Armenia
2000s 1.29 million 1.17 million 118,840 Armenia
2010s 1.25 million 1.22 million 30,960 Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Armenia or Belgium?
Armenia, at 1.25 million against 1.22 million in Belgium as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Armenia and Belgium?
30,960, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Belgium?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Armenia and Belgium rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Armenia ranks 125th and Belgium ranks 127th 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.