Chile vs Syria: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Chile
12.43 million
in 2010
Syria
13.18 million
in 2010
Chile rank
55th
Syria rank
54th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Chile
  • Syria
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How they compare

Syria currently reports 13.18 million against 12.43 million in Chile, a difference of 753,900.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Syria ahead.

Chile ranks 55th and Syria ranks 54th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Syria Difference Ahead
1780s 1.49 million 4.45 million 2.96 million Syria
1790s 1.51 million 4.43 million 2.92 million Syria
1800s 1.53 million 4.42 million 2.89 million Syria
1810s 1.55 million 4.40 million 2.85 million Syria
1820s 1.69 million 4.39 million 2.70 million Syria
1830s 1.85 million 4.54 million 2.69 million Syria
1840s 2.01 million 4.65 million 2.64 million Syria
1850s 2.44 million 4.77 million 2.33 million Syria
1860s 3.01 million 4.89 million 1.88 million Syria
1870s 3.48 million 5.01 million 1.53 million Syria
1880s 3.98 million 5.61 million 1.62 million Syria
1890s 4.48 million 6.20 million 1.71 million Syria
1900s 4.96 million 6.05 million 1.09 million Syria
1910s 5.66 million 5.90 million 236,940 Syria
1920s 6.27 million 5.76 million 507,820 Chile
1930s 6.96 million 5.63 million 1.32 million Chile
1940s 8.13 million 8.75 million 618,880 Syria
1950s 9.59 million 10.57 million 980,000 Syria
1960s 11.68 million 13.56 million 1.88 million Syria
1970s 12.90 million 12.26 million 641,800 Chile
1980s 14.14 million 12.83 million 1.31 million Chile
1990s 13.27 million 12.28 million 996,100 Chile
2000s 12.75 million 12.81 million 56,300 Syria
2010s 12.43 million 13.18 million 753,900 Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Chile or Syria?
Syria, at 13.18 million against 12.43 million in Chile as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Chile and Syria?
753,900, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Syria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Chile and Syria rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Chile ranks 55th and Syria ranks 54th 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.