France vs Mauritania: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
France
21.88 million
in 2010
Mauritania
22.94 million
in 2010
France rank
40th
Mauritania rank
39th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- France
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 22.94 million against 21.88 million in France, a difference of 1.07 million.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was France ahead.
France ranks 40th and Mauritania ranks 39th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, France averaged higher in 18 and Mauritania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 30.68 million | 2.65 million | 28.03 million | France |
| 1790s | 30.77 million | 3.02 million | 27.75 million | France |
| 1800s | 30.85 million | 3.44 million | 27.41 million | France |
| 1810s | 31.80 million | 3.93 million | 27.87 million | France |
| 1820s | 32.54 million | 4.49 million | 28.04 million | France |
| 1830s | 32.96 million | 5.15 million | 27.81 million | France |
| 1840s | 33.58 million | 5.89 million | 27.69 million | France |
| 1850s | 34.14 million | 6.75 million | 27.39 million | France |
| 1860s | 34.16 million | 7.73 million | 26.43 million | France |
| 1870s | 34.06 million | 8.85 million | 25.22 million | France |
| 1880s | 34.29 million | 10.13 million | 24.17 million | France |
| 1890s | 34.34 million | 11.59 million | 22.75 million | France |
| 1900s | 34.28 million | 13.26 million | 21.02 million | France |
| 1910s | 34.22 million | 15.13 million | 19.09 million | France |
| 1920s | 32.81 million | 17.22 million | 15.59 million | France |
| 1930s | 32.89 million | 19.52 million | 13.36 million | France |
| 1940s | 31.79 million | 21.98 million | 9.81 million | France |
| 1950s | 31.14 million | 25.12 million | 6.02 million | France |
| 1960s | 32.36 million | 36.78 million | 4.42 million | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 28.87 million | 36.78 million | 7.91 million | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 27.63 million | 36.75 million | 9.13 million | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 24.54 million | 36.94 million | 12.41 million | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 21.98 million | 22.90 million | 923,500 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 21.88 million | 22.94 million | 1.07 million | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, France or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 22.94 million against 21.88 million in France as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between France and Mauritania?
- 1.07 million, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Mauritania?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do France and Mauritania rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- France ranks 40th and Mauritania ranks 39th 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.