Central African Republic vs Eritrea: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Central African Republic
5.10 million
in 2010
Eritrea
5.94 million
in 2010
Central African Republic rank
82nd
Eritrea rank
79th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Central African Republic
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 5.94 million against 5.10 million in Central African Republic, a difference of 847,300.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.2 times Central African Republic's.

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

Central African Republic ranks 82nd and Eritrea ranks 79th of 179 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Central African Republic Eritrea Difference Ahead
1780s 834,560 1.87 million 1.03 million Eritrea
1790s 854,254 1.91 million 1.06 million Eritrea
1800s 875,752 1.96 million 1.08 million Eritrea
1810s 898,408 2.01 million 1.11 million Eritrea
1820s 926,861 2.09 million 1.16 million Eritrea
1830s 957,706 2.19 million 1.23 million Eritrea
1840s 990,114 2.28 million 1.29 million Eritrea
1850s 1.02 million 2.38 million 1.36 million Eritrea
1860s 1.06 million 2.49 million 1.43 million Eritrea
1870s 1.21 million 2.59 million 1.38 million Eritrea
1880s 1.38 million 2.69 million 1.31 million Eritrea
1890s 1.58 million 2.80 million 1.23 million Eritrea
1900s 1.81 million 2.91 million 1.11 million Eritrea
1910s 2.07 million 6.09 million 4.02 million Eritrea
1920s 2.43 million 6.73 million 4.30 million Eritrea
1930s 2.65 million 7.49 million 4.84 million Eritrea
1940s 3.14 million 8.31 million 5.16 million Eritrea
1950s 3.75 million 8.53 million 4.78 million Eritrea
1960s 4.43 million 9.07 million 4.63 million Eritrea
1970s 4.55 million 9.03 million 4.49 million Eritrea
1980s 4.66 million 9.02 million 4.36 million Eritrea
1990s 4.75 million 8.98 million 4.23 million Eritrea
2000s 4.91 million 5.88 million 966,460 Eritrea
2010s 5.10 million 5.94 million 847,300 Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Central African Republic or Eritrea?
Eritrea, at 5.94 million against 5.10 million in Central African Republic as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Central African Republic and Eritrea?
847,300, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Eritrea?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Central African Republic and Eritrea rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Central African Republic ranks 82nd and Eritrea ranks 79th 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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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.