Benin vs Egypt: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Benin
2.94 million
in 2010
Egypt
3.04 million
in 2010
Benin rank
97th
Egypt rank
96th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Benin
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 3.04 million against 2.94 million in Benin, a difference of 102,810.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 97th and Egypt ranks 96th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 11 and Egypt in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.36 million | 1.04 million | 316,020 | Benin |
| 1790s | 1.29 million | 946,613 | 340,147 | Benin |
| 1800s | 1.22 million | 861,301 | 362,909 | Benin |
| 1810s | 1.17 million | 899,767 | 267,733 | Benin |
| 1820s | 1.13 million | 930,616 | 198,864 | Benin |
| 1830s | 1.10 million | 954,627 | 140,613 | Benin |
| 1840s | 1.06 million | 973,058 | 91,222 | Benin |
| 1850s | 1.04 million | 984,769 | 51,471 | Benin |
| 1860s | 1.01 million | 829,122 | 181,748 | Benin |
| 1870s | 1.03 million | 890,767 | 139,653 | Benin |
| 1880s | 1.05 million | 955,773 | 93,197 | Benin |
| 1890s | 1.07 million | 1.25 million | 184,250 | Egypt |
| 1900s | 1.08 million | 1.42 million | 341,320 | Egypt |
| 1910s | 1.10 million | 1.53 million | 429,530 | Egypt |
| 1920s | 1.25 million | 1.62 million | 373,810 | Egypt |
| 1930s | 1.42 million | 1.69 million | 275,600 | Egypt |
| 1940s | 1.54 million | 1.81 million | 272,100 | Egypt |
| 1950s | 1.58 million | 2.07 million | 488,970 | Egypt |
| 1960s | 1.76 million | 2.47 million | 713,020 | Egypt |
| 1970s | 1.98 million | 2.73 million | 741,670 | Egypt |
| 1980s | 2.15 million | 2.34 million | 195,920 | Egypt |
| 1990s | 2.33 million | 2.47 million | 139,220 | Egypt |
| 2000s | 2.61 million | 2.75 million | 146,560 | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.94 million | 3.04 million | 102,810 | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Benin or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 3.04 million against 2.94 million in Benin as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Benin and Egypt?
- 102,810, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Egypt?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Benin and Egypt rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Benin ranks 97th and Egypt ranks 96th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) β 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.