Chad vs South Sudan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Chad
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 45.39 million against 39.91 million in Chad, a difference of 5.48 million.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 20th and South Sudan ranks 18th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 19 and South Sudan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 10.59 million | 5.21 million | 5.38 million | Chad |
| 1790s | 11.44 million | 5.58 million | 5.86 million | Chad |
| 1800s | 12.35 million | 5.98 million | 6.37 million | Chad |
| 1810s | 13.32 million | 6.40 million | 6.91 million | Chad |
| 1820s | 14.36 million | 7.13 million | 7.23 million | Chad |
| 1830s | 15.46 million | 7.95 million | 7.51 million | Chad |
| 1840s | 16.65 million | 8.87 million | 7.78 million | Chad |
| 1850s | 17.91 million | 9.88 million | 8.03 million | Chad |
| 1860s | 19.26 million | 11.02 million | 8.24 million | Chad |
| 1870s | 20.70 million | 12.40 million | 8.30 million | Chad |
| 1880s | 22.24 million | 13.96 million | 8.28 million | Chad |
| 1890s | 23.87 million | 15.71 million | 8.17 million | Chad |
| 1900s | 25.62 million | 17.67 million | 7.95 million | Chad |
| 1910s | 27.48 million | 19.89 million | 7.60 million | Chad |
| 1920s | 29.48 million | 22.40 million | 7.08 million | Chad |
| 1930s | 31.60 million | 23.80 million | 7.79 million | Chad |
| 1940s | 33.86 million | 26.83 million | 7.03 million | Chad |
| 1950s | 36.19 million | 30.27 million | 5.92 million | Chad |
| 1960s | 38.60 million | 40.51 million | 1.91 million | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 38.55 million | 40.53 million | 1.98 million | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 38.74 million | 38.15 million | 588,200 | Chad |
| 1990s | 38.78 million | 42.52 million | 3.74 million | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 39.41 million | 44.62 million | 5.21 million | South Sudan |
| 2010s | 39.91 million | 45.39 million | 5.48 million | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Chad or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 45.39 million against 39.91 million in Chad as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Chad and South Sudan?
- 5.48 million, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and South Sudan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Chad and South Sudan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Chad ranks 20th 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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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.