Costa Rica vs Denmark: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Costa Rica
1.30 million
in 2010
Denmark
1.30 million
in 2010
Costa Rica rank
122nd
Denmark rank
123rd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.30 million against 1.30 million in Denmark, a difference of 1,260.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Denmark ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 122nd and Denmark ranks 123rd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Denmark in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 39,333 | 659,681 | 620,348 | Denmark |
| 1790s | 41,475 | 658,827 | 617,352 | Denmark |
| 1800s | 43,612 | 657,800 | 614,188 | Denmark |
| 1810s | 46,940 | 674,316 | 627,376 | Denmark |
| 1820s | 50,880 | 690,903 | 640,023 | Denmark |
| 1830s | 57,715 | 720,019 | 662,304 | Denmark |
| 1840s | 66,337 | 738,610 | 672,273 | Denmark |
| 1850s | 75,106 | 773,094 | 697,988 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 83,774 | 823,076 | 739,302 | Denmark |
| 1870s | 102,063 | 870,098 | 768,035 | Denmark |
| 1880s | 127,523 | 916,322 | 788,799 | Denmark |
| 1890s | 153,534 | 968,901 | 815,367 | Denmark |
| 1900s | 194,952 | 1.04 million | 842,728 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 239,358 | 1.13 million | 888,612 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 291,365 | 1.27 million | 982,205 | Denmark |
| 1930s | 312,297 | 1.44 million | 1.13 million | Denmark |
| 1940s | 397,362 | 1.56 million | 1.16 million | Denmark |
| 1950s | 561,969 | 1.53 million | 967,201 | Denmark |
| 1960s | 762,935 | 1.62 million | 859,605 | Denmark |
| 1970s | 917,045 | 1.50 million | 579,135 | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1.17 million | 1.43 million | 257,000 | Denmark |
| 1990s | 1.30 million | 1.32 million | 27,800 | Denmark |
| 2000s | 1.30 million | 1.34 million | 36,350 | Denmark |
| 2010s | 1.30 million | 1.30 million | 1,260 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Costa Rica or Denmark?
- Costa Rica, at 1.30 million against 1.30 million in Denmark as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Costa Rica and Denmark?
- 1,260, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Denmark?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Costa Rica and Denmark rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Costa Rica ranks 122nd and Denmark ranks 123rd 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.