Egypt vs Guatemala: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Egypt
3.04 million
in 2010
Guatemala
3.47 million
in 2010
Egypt rank
96th
Guatemala rank
94th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Egypt
- Guatemala
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 3.47 million against 3.04 million in Egypt, a difference of 427,790.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 96th and Guatemala ranks 94th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 20 and Guatemala in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.04 million | 413,982 | 625,698 | Egypt |
| 1790s | 946,613 | 407,154 | 539,459 | Egypt |
| 1800s | 861,301 | 400,117 | 461,184 | Egypt |
| 1810s | 899,767 | 392,901 | 506,866 | Egypt |
| 1820s | 930,616 | 386,192 | 544,424 | Egypt |
| 1830s | 954,627 | 433,525 | 521,102 | Egypt |
| 1840s | 973,058 | 482,852 | 490,206 | Egypt |
| 1850s | 984,769 | 537,015 | 447,754 | Egypt |
| 1860s | 829,122 | 601,468 | 227,654 | Egypt |
| 1870s | 890,767 | 664,036 | 226,731 | Egypt |
| 1880s | 955,773 | 713,994 | 241,779 | Egypt |
| 1890s | 1.25 million | 748,891 | 502,109 | Egypt |
| 1900s | 1.42 million | 787,317 | 636,813 | Egypt |
| 1910s | 1.53 million | 868,234 | 663,216 | Egypt |
| 1920s | 1.62 million | 955,451 | 664,379 | Egypt |
| 1930s | 1.69 million | 1.05 million | 637,680 | Egypt |
| 1940s | 1.81 million | 1.31 million | 504,540 | Egypt |
| 1950s | 2.07 million | 1.79 million | 274,520 | Egypt |
| 1960s | 2.47 million | 2.37 million | 100,430 | Egypt |
| 1970s | 2.73 million | 2.46 million | 261,770 | Egypt |
| 1980s | 2.34 million | 2.72 million | 379,520 | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 2.47 million | 3.40 million | 928,620 | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 2.75 million | 3.45 million | 700,860 | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 3.04 million | 3.47 million | 427,790 | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Egypt or Guatemala?
- Guatemala, at 3.47 million against 3.04 million in Egypt as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Egypt and Guatemala?
- 427,790, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guatemala?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Egypt and Guatemala rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Egypt ranks 96th and Guatemala ranks 94th 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.