France vs Paraguay: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
France
21.88 million
in 2010
Paraguay
20.27 million
in 2010
France rank
40th
Paraguay rank
43rd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- France
- Paraguay
How they compare
France currently reports 21.88 million against 20.27 million in Paraguay, a difference of 1.60 million.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
France ranks 40th and Paraguay ranks 43rd of 179 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 30.68 million | 1.85 million | 28.83 million | France |
| 1790s | 30.77 million | 1.92 million | 28.85 million | France |
| 1800s | 30.85 million | 2.00 million | 28.85 million | France |
| 1810s | 31.80 million | 2.30 million | 29.50 million | France |
| 1820s | 32.54 million | 2.61 million | 29.93 million | France |
| 1830s | 32.96 million | 2.91 million | 30.05 million | France |
| 1840s | 33.58 million | 3.20 million | 30.39 million | France |
| 1850s | 34.14 million | 3.48 million | 30.65 million | France |
| 1860s | 34.16 million | 3.66 million | 30.50 million | France |
| 1870s | 34.06 million | 3.82 million | 30.25 million | France |
| 1880s | 34.29 million | 3.98 million | 30.31 million | France |
| 1890s | 34.34 million | 4.21 million | 30.12 million | France |
| 1900s | 34.28 million | 4.40 million | 29.89 million | France |
| 1910s | 34.22 million | 5.76 million | 28.46 million | France |
| 1920s | 32.81 million | 7.19 million | 25.62 million | France |
| 1930s | 32.89 million | 8.58 million | 24.31 million | France |
| 1940s | 31.79 million | 9.96 million | 21.83 million | France |
| 1950s | 31.14 million | 11.21 million | 19.93 million | France |
| 1960s | 32.36 million | 14.32 million | 18.03 million | France |
| 1970s | 28.87 million | 15.05 million | 13.82 million | France |
| 1980s | 27.63 million | 16.93 million | 10.70 million | France |
| 1990s | 24.54 million | 20.50 million | 4.04 million | France |
| 2000s | 21.98 million | 19.31 million | 2.66 million | France |
| 2010s | 21.88 million | 20.27 million | 1.60 million | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, France or Paraguay?
- France, at 21.88 million against 20.27 million in Paraguay as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between France and Paraguay?
- 1.60 million, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Paraguay?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do France and Paraguay rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- France ranks 40th and Paraguay ranks 43rd 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.