Bulgaria vs Serbia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Bulgaria
3.84 million
in 2010
Serbia
3.84 million
in 2010
Bulgaria rank
89th
Serbia rank
90th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 3.84 million against 3.84 million in Serbia, a difference of 1,140.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 89th and Serbia ranks 90th of 179 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Serbia Difference Ahead
1780s 2.62 million 1.73 million 882,710 Bulgaria
1790s 2.69 million 1.74 million 947,060 Bulgaria
1800s 2.76 million 1.75 million 1.01 million Bulgaria
1810s 2.84 million 1.75 million 1.09 million Bulgaria
1820s 2.91 million 1.75 million 1.16 million Bulgaria
1830s 2.98 million 1.76 million 1.22 million Bulgaria
1840s 3.06 million 1.76 million 1.30 million Bulgaria
1850s 3.16 million 2.11 million 1.05 million Bulgaria
1860s 3.16 million 2.43 million 731,780 Bulgaria
1870s 3.16 million 2.73 million 433,150 Bulgaria
1880s 3.39 million 3.00 million 390,790 Bulgaria
1890s 3.62 million 3.25 million 377,250 Bulgaria
1900s 3.50 million 3.45 million 47,300 Bulgaria
1910s 3.79 million 3.62 million 160,540 Bulgaria
1920s 4.02 million 3.78 million 232,720 Bulgaria
1930s 4.42 million 3.94 million 478,760 Bulgaria
1940s 5.06 million 4.07 million 989,930 Bulgaria
1950s 5.32 million 4.32 million 1.00 million Bulgaria
1960s 5.55 million 4.53 million 1.02 million Bulgaria
1970s 5.85 million 4.42 million 1.43 million Bulgaria
1980s 5.97 million 4.29 million 1.68 million Bulgaria
1990s 5.88 million 4.15 million 1.73 million Bulgaria
2000s 4.02 million 3.97 million 48,860 Bulgaria
2010s 3.84 million 3.84 million 1,140 Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Bulgaria or Serbia?
Bulgaria, at 3.84 million against 3.84 million in Serbia as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Bulgaria and Serbia?
1,140, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Bulgaria ranks 89th and Serbia ranks 90th 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.