Bhutan vs Gambia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Bhutan
427,298
in 2010
Gambia
490,846
in 2010
Bhutan rank
143rd
Gambia rank
142nd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Bhutan
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 490,846 against 427,298 in Bhutan, a difference of 63,548.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Gambia ahead.
Bhutan ranks 143rd and Gambia ranks 142nd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 21 and Gambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 92,731 | 95,477 | 2,747 | Gambia |
| 1790s | 98,739 | 89,115 | 9,624 | Bhutan |
| 1800s | 100,937 | 83,219 | 17,718 | Bhutan |
| 1810s | 111,538 | 77,762 | 33,776 | Bhutan |
| 1820s | 117,755 | 79,512 | 38,244 | Bhutan |
| 1830s | 129,053 | 81,380 | 47,673 | Bhutan |
| 1840s | 138,374 | 83,135 | 55,239 | Bhutan |
| 1850s | 148,906 | 84,978 | 63,928 | Bhutan |
| 1860s | 150,220 | 86,763 | 63,457 | Bhutan |
| 1870s | 155,113 | 89,482 | 65,631 | Bhutan |
| 1880s | 164,124 | 92,183 | 71,941 | Bhutan |
| 1890s | 174,586 | 94,946 | 79,640 | Bhutan |
| 1900s | 186,795 | 97,887 | 88,908 | Bhutan |
| 1910s | 202,144 | 100,592 | 101,552 | Bhutan |
| 1920s | 231,104 | 121,855 | 109,249 | Bhutan |
| 1930s | 261,676 | 147,823 | 113,853 | Bhutan |
| 1940s | 297,926 | 179,341 | 118,585 | Bhutan |
| 1950s | 339,586 | 217,930 | 121,656 | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 446,689 | 273,619 | 173,070 | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 419,144 | 288,083 | 131,061 | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 452,380 | 316,421 | 135,959 | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 444,140 | 391,038 | 53,102 | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 417,883 | 444,882 | 26,999 | Gambia |
| 2010s | 427,298 | 490,846 | 63,548 | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Bhutan or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 490,846 against 427,298 in Bhutan as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Bhutan and Gambia?
- 63,548, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Gambia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Bhutan and Gambia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Bhutan ranks 143rd and Gambia ranks 142nd 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.