France vs Tanzania: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

France
21.88 million
in 2010
Tanzania
21.82 million
in 2010
France rank
40th
Tanzania rank
41st

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • France
  • Tanzania
10.0M20.0M30.0M178018952010

How they compare

France currently reports 21.88 million against 21.82 million in Tanzania, a difference of 53,000.

Across all 24 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

France ranks 40th and Tanzania ranks 41st of 179 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Tanzania Difference Ahead
1780s 30.68 million 6.65 million 24.03 million France
1790s 30.77 million 6.57 million 24.20 million France
1800s 30.85 million 6.49 million 24.36 million France
1810s 31.80 million 6.42 million 25.38 million France
1820s 32.54 million 6.45 million 26.09 million France
1830s 32.96 million 6.48 million 26.48 million France
1840s 33.58 million 6.51 million 27.07 million France
1850s 34.14 million 6.55 million 27.59 million France
1860s 34.16 million 6.59 million 27.57 million France
1870s 34.06 million 6.83 million 27.24 million France
1880s 34.29 million 7.08 million 27.22 million France
1890s 34.34 million 7.34 million 27.00 million France
1900s 34.28 million 7.27 million 27.02 million France
1910s 34.22 million 7.54 million 26.68 million France
1920s 32.81 million 8.89 million 23.92 million France
1930s 32.89 million 10.47 million 22.41 million France
1940s 31.79 million 12.33 million 19.46 million France
1950s 31.14 million 13.66 million 17.48 million France
1960s 32.36 million 16.53 million 15.82 million France
1970s 28.87 million 18.49 million 10.38 million France
1980s 27.63 million 20.59 million 7.04 million France
1990s 24.54 million 21.20 million 3.34 million France
2000s 21.98 million 20.82 million 1.15 million France
2010s 21.88 million 21.82 million 53,000 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 Tanzania?
France, at 21.88 million against 21.82 million in Tanzania as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between France and Tanzania?
53,000, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Tanzania?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do France and Tanzania rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
France ranks 40th and Tanzania ranks 41st 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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Indicator
Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
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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.