Brazil vs Kazakhstan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Brazil
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 228.71 million against 196.86 million in Kazakhstan, a difference of 31.84 million.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Kazakhstan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Kazakhstan ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and Kazakhstan ranks 5th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Kazakhstan in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 833,719 | 17.77 million | 16.94 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1790s | 939,564 | 17.97 million | 17.03 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1800s | 1.16 million | 18.17 million | 17.01 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1810s | 1.50 million | 18.39 million | 16.90 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1820s | 2.43 million | 18.62 million | 16.19 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1830s | 3.85 million | 18.87 million | 15.02 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1840s | 5.45 million | 19.15 million | 13.70 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1850s | 7.28 million | 19.42 million | 12.14 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1860s | 9.70 million | 19.69 million | 9.99 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1870s | 12.85 million | 19.98 million | 7.13 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1880s | 16.97 million | 26.25 million | 9.28 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1890s | 22.26 million | 31.79 million | 9.53 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1900s | 28.86 million | 43.98 million | 15.12 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1910s | 37.54 million | 57.06 million | 19.52 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1920s | 52.25 million | 78.99 million | 26.74 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1930s | 73.47 million | 91.14 million | 17.67 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1940s | 102.05 million | 128.28 million | 26.23 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1950s | 122.46 million | 113.22 million | 9.23 million | Brazil |
| 1960s | 144.90 million | 174.21 million | 29.31 million | Kazakhstan |
| 1970s | 187.84 million | 178.94 million | 8.90 million | Brazil |
| 1980s | 211.13 million | 181.51 million | 29.62 million | Brazil |
| 1990s | 219.30 million | 183.35 million | 35.95 million | Brazil |
| 2000s | 225.30 million | 199.29 million | 26.01 million | Brazil |
| 2010s | 228.71 million | 196.86 million | 31.84 million | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Brazil or Kazakhstan?
- Brazil, at 228.71 million against 196.86 million in Kazakhstan as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Brazil and Kazakhstan?
- 31.84 million, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kazakhstan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Brazil and Kazakhstan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Brazil ranks 4th and Kazakhstan ranks 5th 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.