Cambodia vs Malaysia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Cambodia
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 6.50 million against 5.82 million in Cambodia, a difference of 674,950.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Cambodia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Cambodia ahead.
Cambodia ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 77th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 20 and Malaysia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 434,815 | 192,278 | 242,537 | Cambodia |
| 1790s | 464,046 | 200,380 | 263,666 | Cambodia |
| 1800s | 494,880 | 205,034 | 289,846 | Cambodia |
| 1810s | 528,633 | 219,661 | 308,972 | Cambodia |
| 1820s | 564,627 | 227,344 | 337,283 | Cambodia |
| 1830s | 608,622 | 239,513 | 369,109 | Cambodia |
| 1840s | 659,261 | 243,261 | 416,000 | Cambodia |
| 1850s | 715,171 | 257,368 | 457,803 | Cambodia |
| 1860s | 775,762 | 345,572 | 430,190 | Cambodia |
| 1870s | 841,454 | 421,664 | 419,790 | Cambodia |
| 1880s | 952,403 | 509,097 | 443,306 | Cambodia |
| 1890s | 1.08 million | 609,625 | 474,335 | Cambodia |
| 1900s | 1.23 million | 688,616 | 545,874 | Cambodia |
| 1910s | 1.41 million | 829,164 | 579,136 | Cambodia |
| 1920s | 1.60 million | 1.07 million | 531,100 | Cambodia |
| 1930s | 1.87 million | 1.28 million | 595,070 | Cambodia |
| 1940s | 2.20 million | 1.71 million | 485,880 | Cambodia |
| 1950s | 2.59 million | 1.92 million | 661,490 | Cambodia |
| 1960s | 3.47 million | 2.63 million | 845,010 | Cambodia |
| 1970s | 3.40 million | 3.01 million | 394,090 | Cambodia |
| 1980s | 2.72 million | 3.30 million | 583,440 | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 4.04 million | 4.91 million | 871,120 | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 4.90 million | 5.70 million | 803,570 | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 5.82 million | 6.50 million | 674,950 | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Cambodia or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 6.50 million against 5.82 million in Cambodia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Cambodia and Malaysia?
- 674,950, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Malaysia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Cambodia and Malaysia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Cambodia ranks 80th and Malaysia ranks 77th 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.