Burundi vs Liberia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Burundi
2.12 million
in 2010
Liberia
2.20 million
in 2010
Burundi rank
108th
Liberia rank
106th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Burundi
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 2.20 million against 2.12 million in Burundi, a difference of 75,660.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 108th and Liberia ranks 106th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 15 and Liberia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 516,809 | 346,224 | 170,585 | Burundi |
| 1790s | 514,315 | 351,942 | 162,373 | Burundi |
| 1800s | 511,975 | 357,715 | 154,260 | Burundi |
| 1810s | 509,944 | 363,919 | 146,025 | Burundi |
| 1820s | 512,379 | 372,688 | 139,691 | Burundi |
| 1830s | 515,153 | 381,675 | 133,478 | Burundi |
| 1840s | 517,990 | 391,028 | 126,962 | Burundi |
| 1850s | 520,980 | 400,098 | 120,882 | Burundi |
| 1860s | 524,186 | 409,360 | 114,826 | Burundi |
| 1870s | 553,754 | 425,290 | 128,464 | Burundi |
| 1880s | 585,262 | 441,568 | 143,694 | Burundi |
| 1890s | 618,649 | 459,469 | 159,180 | Burundi |
| 1900s | 653,883 | 478,030 | 175,853 | Burundi |
| 1910s | 692,878 | 498,742 | 194,136 | Burundi |
| 1920s | 819,884 | 682,813 | 137,071 | Burundi |
| 1930s | 933,838 | 938,565 | 4,727 | Liberia |
| 1940s | 1.11 million | 1.28 million | 177,160 | Liberia |
| 1950s | 1.31 million | 1.75 million | 442,170 | Liberia |
| 1960s | 1.58 million | 2.23 million | 650,510 | Liberia |
| 1970s | 1.85 million | 2.22 million | 366,690 | Liberia |
| 1980s | 2.04 million | 2.18 million | 136,410 | Liberia |
| 1990s | 2.02 million | 2.21 million | 183,840 | Liberia |
| 2000s | 2.09 million | 2.20 million | 113,280 | Liberia |
| 2010s | 2.12 million | 2.20 million | 75,660 | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Burundi or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 2.20 million against 2.12 million in Burundi as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Burundi and Liberia?
- 75,660, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Liberia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Burundi and Liberia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Burundi ranks 108th and Liberia ranks 106th 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.