Bhutan vs Israel: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Bhutan
427,298
in 2010
Israel
496,148
in 2010
Bhutan rank
143rd
Israel rank
141st
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Bhutan
- Israel
How they compare
Israel currently reports 496,148 against 427,298 in Bhutan, a difference of 68,850.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.2 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Israel ahead.
Bhutan ranks 143rd and Israel ranks 141st of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 6 and Israel in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 92,731 | 155,376 | 62,645 | Israel |
| 1790s | 98,739 | 155,519 | 56,780 | Israel |
| 1800s | 100,937 | 155,791 | 54,854 | Israel |
| 1810s | 111,538 | 155,595 | 44,057 | Israel |
| 1820s | 117,755 | 155,687 | 37,932 | Israel |
| 1830s | 129,053 | 159,998 | 30,945 | Israel |
| 1840s | 138,374 | 161,250 | 22,876 | Israel |
| 1850s | 148,906 | 162,118 | 13,212 | Israel |
| 1860s | 150,220 | 162,778 | 12,558 | Israel |
| 1870s | 155,113 | 162,105 | 6,992 | Israel |
| 1880s | 164,124 | 170,784 | 6,660 | Israel |
| 1890s | 174,586 | 179,314 | 4,728 | Israel |
| 1900s | 186,795 | 177,929 | 8,866 | Bhutan |
| 1910s | 202,144 | 177,894 | 24,250 | Bhutan |
| 1920s | 231,104 | 190,902 | 40,202 | Bhutan |
| 1930s | 261,676 | 211,604 | 50,072 | Bhutan |
| 1940s | 297,926 | 279,695 | 18,231 | Bhutan |
| 1950s | 339,586 | 331,702 | 7,884 | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 446,689 | 496,427 | 49,738 | Israel |
| 1970s | 419,144 | 468,944 | 49,800 | Israel |
| 1980s | 452,380 | 475,123 | 22,743 | Israel |
| 1990s | 444,140 | 511,398 | 67,258 | Israel |
| 2000s | 417,883 | 505,632 | 87,749 | Israel |
| 2010s | 427,298 | 496,148 | 68,850 | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Bhutan or Israel?
- Israel, at 496,148 against 427,298 in Bhutan as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Bhutan and Israel?
- 68,850, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Israel?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Bhutan and Israel rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Bhutan ranks 143rd and Israel ranks 141st 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.