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

Armenia
1.25 million
in 2010
Netherlands
1.24 million
in 2010
Armenia rank
125th
Netherlands rank
126th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Armenia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Armenia currently reports 1.25 million against 1.24 million in Netherlands, a difference of 16,540.

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

Armenia ranks 125th and Netherlands ranks 126th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 22.

Head to head by decade

Decade Armenia Netherlands Difference Ahead
1780s 438,766 818,987 380,221 Netherlands
1790s 454,124 805,491 351,367 Netherlands
1800s 470,472 792,240 321,768 Netherlands
1810s 487,905 799,581 311,676 Netherlands
1820s 506,518 823,317 316,799 Netherlands
1830s 529,065 854,036 324,971 Netherlands
1840s 552,771 878,594 325,823 Netherlands
1850s 578,458 897,859 319,401 Netherlands
1860s 604,968 921,155 316,187 Netherlands
1870s 633,475 947,713 314,238 Netherlands
1880s 664,333 997,636 333,303 Netherlands
1890s 696,000 1.06 million 359,600 Netherlands
1900s 729,127 1.13 million 399,523 Netherlands
1910s 760,451 1.20 million 439,169 Netherlands
1920s 801,952 1.27 million 472,258 Netherlands
1930s 847,993 1.36 million 514,827 Netherlands
1940s 1.05 million 1.43 million 374,190 Netherlands
1950s 1.09 million 1.51 million 414,390 Netherlands
1960s 1.45 million 1.59 million 143,570 Netherlands
1970s 1.41 million 1.54 million 134,230 Netherlands
1980s 1.41 million 1.41 million 5,760 Netherlands
1990s 1.29 million 1.32 million 21,910 Netherlands
2000s 1.29 million 1.24 million 43,720 Armenia
2010s 1.25 million 1.24 million 16,540 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 Netherlands?
Armenia, at 1.25 million against 1.24 million in Netherlands as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Armenia and Netherlands?
16,540, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Netherlands?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Armenia and Netherlands rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Armenia ranks 125th and Netherlands ranks 126th 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.