Cote d'Ivoire vs Libya: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Cote d'Ivoire
15.77 million
in 2010
Libya
13.84 million
in 2010
Cote d'Ivoire rank
51st
Libya rank
52nd

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Libya
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How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 15.77 million against 13.84 million in Libya, a difference of 1.93 million.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Libya ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Libya ranks 52nd of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 9 and Libya in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cote d'Ivoire Libya Difference Ahead
1780s 1.93 million 3.39 million 1.46 million Libya
1790s 1.95 million 3.43 million 1.47 million Libya
1800s 1.98 million 3.46 million 1.48 million Libya
1810s 2.01 million 3.50 million 1.49 million Libya
1820s 2.05 million 3.79 million 1.74 million Libya
1830s 2.09 million 3.83 million 1.75 million Libya
1840s 2.13 million 3.88 million 1.75 million Libya
1850s 2.17 million 3.92 million 1.75 million Libya
1860s 2.21 million 3.97 million 1.76 million Libya
1870s 2.60 million 4.02 million 1.41 million Libya
1880s 3.07 million 4.07 million 999,490 Libya
1890s 3.62 million 4.32 million 698,210 Libya
1900s 4.28 million 4.95 million 663,040 Libya
1910s 5.07 million 5.18 million 108,940 Libya
1920s 5.79 million 5.20 million 591,230 Cote d'Ivoire
1930s 6.60 million 5.21 million 1.39 million Cote d'Ivoire
1940s 7.53 million 6.66 million 871,620 Cote d'Ivoire
1950s 8.57 million 7.66 million 910,230 Cote d'Ivoire
1960s 12.35 million 10.12 million 2.23 million Cote d'Ivoire
1970s 12.47 million 11.76 million 712,900 Cote d'Ivoire
1980s 13.21 million 13.64 million 430,100 Libya
1990s 14.35 million 13.98 million 370,800 Cote d'Ivoire
2000s 15.11 million 13.67 million 1.44 million Cote d'Ivoire
2010s 15.77 million 13.84 million 1.93 million Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Cote d'Ivoire or Libya?
Cote d'Ivoire, at 15.77 million against 13.84 million in Libya as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Cote d'Ivoire and Libya?
1.93 million, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Libya?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Libya rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 51st and Libya ranks 52nd 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.