Benin vs Portugal: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Benin
2.94 million
in 2010
Portugal
2.87 million
in 2010
Benin rank
97th
Portugal rank
98th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Benin
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 2.94 million against 2.87 million in Portugal, a difference of 64,170.

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

Benin ranks 97th and Portugal ranks 98th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Portugal Difference Ahead
1780s 1.36 million 1.50 million 147,870 Portugal
1790s 1.29 million 1.54 million 252,590 Portugal
1800s 1.22 million 1.58 million 350,900 Portugal
1810s 1.17 million 1.61 million 441,150 Portugal
1820s 1.13 million 1.64 million 514,090 Portugal
1830s 1.10 million 1.70 million 609,690 Portugal
1840s 1.06 million 1.76 million 698,880 Portugal
1850s 1.04 million 1.79 million 754,770 Portugal
1860s 1.01 million 1.89 million 880,630 Portugal
1870s 1.03 million 2.01 million 977,480 Portugal
1880s 1.05 million 2.13 million 1.08 million Portugal
1890s 1.07 million 2.30 million 1.23 million Portugal
1900s 1.08 million 2.42 million 1.34 million Portugal
1910s 1.10 million 2.58 million 1.48 million Portugal
1920s 1.25 million 2.62 million 1.37 million Portugal
1930s 1.42 million 2.81 million 1.40 million Portugal
1940s 1.54 million 3.11 million 1.57 million Portugal
1950s 1.58 million 3.34 million 1.76 million Portugal
1960s 1.76 million 3.48 million 1.72 million Portugal
1970s 1.98 million 3.42 million 1.43 million Portugal
1980s 2.15 million 3.37 million 1.22 million Portugal
1990s 2.33 million 2.91 million 586,490 Portugal
2000s 2.61 million 2.97 million 368,400 Portugal
2010s 2.94 million 2.87 million 64,170 Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Benin or Portugal?
Benin, at 2.94 million against 2.87 million in Portugal as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Benin and Portugal?
64,170, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Portugal?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Benin and Portugal rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Benin ranks 97th and Portugal ranks 98th 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.