Canada vs South Sudan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Canada
59.86 million
in 2010
South Sudan
45.39 million
in 2010
Canada rank
15th
South Sudan rank
18th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Canada
  • South Sudan
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 59.86 million against 45.39 million in South Sudan, a difference of 14.48 million.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.3 times South Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was South Sudan ahead.

Canada ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 18th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 13 and South Sudan in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada South Sudan Difference Ahead
1780s 11,346 5.21 million 5.20 million South Sudan
1790s 15,657 5.58 million 5.57 million South Sudan
1800s 33,746 5.98 million 5.95 million South Sudan
1810s 128,716 6.40 million 6.28 million South Sudan
1820s 127,485 7.13 million 7.00 million South Sudan
1830s 276,097 7.95 million 7.68 million South Sudan
1840s 587,626 8.87 million 8.28 million South Sudan
1850s 1.78 million 9.88 million 8.10 million South Sudan
1860s 4.01 million 11.02 million 7.01 million South Sudan
1870s 9.89 million 12.40 million 2.51 million South Sudan
1880s 12.81 million 13.96 million 1.15 million South Sudan
1890s 17.14 million 15.71 million 1.43 million Canada
1900s 29.10 million 17.67 million 11.43 million Canada
1910s 31.25 million 19.89 million 11.36 million Canada
1920s 45.87 million 22.40 million 23.47 million Canada
1930s 55.24 million 23.80 million 31.44 million Canada
1940s 57.20 million 26.83 million 30.38 million Canada
1950s 61.80 million 30.27 million 31.53 million Canada
1960s 61.94 million 40.51 million 21.43 million Canada
1970s 61.23 million 40.53 million 20.70 million Canada
1980s 58.14 million 38.15 million 19.98 million Canada
1990s 59.51 million 42.52 million 16.99 million Canada
2000s 59.26 million 44.62 million 14.64 million Canada
2010s 59.86 million 45.39 million 14.48 million Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Canada or South Sudan?
Canada, at 59.86 million against 45.39 million in South Sudan as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Canada and South Sudan?
14.48 million, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South Sudan?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Canada and South Sudan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Canada ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 18th 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.