Eritrea vs Vietnam: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Eritrea
5.94 million
in 2010
Vietnam
6.73 million
in 2010
Eritrea rank
79th
Vietnam rank
76th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Eritrea
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 6.73 million against 5.94 million in Eritrea, a difference of 787,340.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 79th and Vietnam ranks 76th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 22 and Vietnam in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.87 million | 707,776 | 1.16 million | Eritrea |
| 1790s | 1.91 million | 755,134 | 1.16 million | Eritrea |
| 1800s | 1.96 million | 806,386 | 1.15 million | Eritrea |
| 1810s | 2.01 million | 863,568 | 1.14 million | Eritrea |
| 1820s | 2.09 million | 920,517 | 1.17 million | Eritrea |
| 1830s | 2.19 million | 1.04 million | 1.14 million | Eritrea |
| 1840s | 2.28 million | 1.17 million | 1.12 million | Eritrea |
| 1850s | 2.38 million | 1.30 million | 1.09 million | Eritrea |
| 1860s | 2.49 million | 1.42 million | 1.07 million | Eritrea |
| 1870s | 2.59 million | 1.55 million | 1.04 million | Eritrea |
| 1880s | 2.69 million | 1.88 million | 816,560 | Eritrea |
| 1890s | 2.80 million | 2.22 million | 583,680 | Eritrea |
| 1900s | 2.91 million | 2.57 million | 349,570 | Eritrea |
| 1910s | 6.09 million | 2.91 million | 3.18 million | Eritrea |
| 1920s | 6.73 million | 3.26 million | 3.47 million | Eritrea |
| 1930s | 7.49 million | 3.62 million | 3.88 million | Eritrea |
| 1940s | 8.31 million | 3.99 million | 4.32 million | Eritrea |
| 1950s | 8.53 million | 4.38 million | 4.15 million | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 9.07 million | 5.48 million | 3.59 million | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 9.03 million | 5.58 million | 3.45 million | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 9.02 million | 5.93 million | 3.08 million | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 8.98 million | 5.86 million | 3.12 million | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 5.88 million | 6.29 million | 415,670 | Vietnam |
| 2010s | 5.94 million | 6.73 million | 787,340 | Vietnam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Eritrea or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 6.73 million against 5.94 million in Eritrea as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Eritrea and Vietnam?
- 787,340, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Vietnam?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Eritrea and Vietnam rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Eritrea ranks 79th and Vietnam ranks 76th 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.