Cote d'Ivoire vs Libya: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Libya
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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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.