Egypt vs Georgia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Egypt
3.04 million
in 2010
Georgia
2.76 million
in 2010
Egypt rank
96th
Georgia rank
99th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Egypt
- Georgia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 3.04 million against 2.76 million in Georgia, a difference of 276,920.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Georgia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 96th and Georgia ranks 99th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 10 and Georgia in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Georgia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.04 million | 554,583 | 485,097 | Egypt |
| 1790s | 946,613 | 597,934 | 348,679 | Egypt |
| 1800s | 861,301 | 645,626 | 215,675 | Egypt |
| 1810s | 899,767 | 697,361 | 202,406 | Egypt |
| 1820s | 930,616 | 754,058 | 176,558 | Egypt |
| 1830s | 954,627 | 816,087 | 138,540 | Egypt |
| 1840s | 973,058 | 883,919 | 89,139 | Egypt |
| 1850s | 984,769 | 957,023 | 27,746 | Egypt |
| 1860s | 829,122 | 1.04 million | 207,558 | Georgia |
| 1870s | 890,767 | 1.12 million | 231,993 | Georgia |
| 1880s | 955,773 | 1.22 million | 260,547 | Georgia |
| 1890s | 1.25 million | 1.32 million | 67,210 | Georgia |
| 1900s | 1.42 million | 1.43 million | 6,630 | Georgia |
| 1910s | 1.53 million | 1.56 million | 23,690 | Georgia |
| 1920s | 1.62 million | 1.68 million | 63,240 | Georgia |
| 1930s | 1.69 million | 1.83 million | 133,840 | Georgia |
| 1940s | 1.81 million | 2.25 million | 433,380 | Georgia |
| 1950s | 2.07 million | 2.21 million | 137,180 | Georgia |
| 1960s | 2.47 million | 2.66 million | 182,830 | Georgia |
| 1970s | 2.73 million | 2.68 million | 44,120 | Egypt |
| 1980s | 2.34 million | 2.71 million | 371,490 | Georgia |
| 1990s | 2.47 million | 2.68 million | 215,440 | Georgia |
| 2000s | 2.75 million | 2.78 million | 21,970 | Georgia |
| 2010s | 3.04 million | 2.76 million | 276,920 | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Egypt or Georgia?
- Egypt, at 3.04 million against 2.76 million in Georgia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Egypt and Georgia?
- 276,920, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Georgia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Egypt and Georgia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Egypt ranks 96th and Georgia ranks 99th 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.