Gabon vs Nicaragua: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Gabon
3.73 million
in 2010
Nicaragua
3.25 million
in 2010
Gabon rank
92nd
Nicaragua rank
95th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Gabon
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 3.73 million against 3.25 million in Nicaragua, a difference of 477,260.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 95th of 179 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.77 million | 330,754 | 1.44 million | Gabon |
| 1790s | 1.84 million | 344,770 | 1.50 million | Gabon |
| 1800s | 1.92 million | 360,026 | 1.56 million | Gabon |
| 1810s | 1.99 million | 375,653 | 1.62 million | Gabon |
| 1820s | 2.08 million | 392,335 | 1.69 million | Gabon |
| 1830s | 2.18 million | 464,398 | 1.71 million | Gabon |
| 1840s | 2.27 million | 523,210 | 1.75 million | Gabon |
| 1850s | 2.38 million | 590,686 | 1.79 million | Gabon |
| 1860s | 2.48 million | 616,163 | 1.87 million | Gabon |
| 1870s | 2.64 million | 638,403 | 2.01 million | Gabon |
| 1880s | 2.82 million | 701,934 | 2.11 million | Gabon |
| 1890s | 3.00 million | 776,257 | 2.22 million | Gabon |
| 1900s | 3.19 million | 861,191 | 2.33 million | Gabon |
| 1910s | 3.40 million | 959,840 | 2.44 million | Gabon |
| 1920s | 3.65 million | 1.08 million | 2.57 million | Gabon |
| 1930s | 3.92 million | 1.33 million | 2.60 million | Gabon |
| 1940s | 4.21 million | 1.57 million | 2.64 million | Gabon |
| 1950s | 4.52 million | 2.05 million | 2.47 million | Gabon |
| 1960s | 4.65 million | 2.76 million | 1.90 million | Gabon |
| 1970s | 4.55 million | 2.88 million | 1.67 million | Gabon |
| 1980s | 4.52 million | 2.98 million | 1.54 million | Gabon |
| 1990s | 4.45 million | 2.81 million | 1.63 million | Gabon |
| 2000s | 3.81 million | 3.09 million | 711,850 | Gabon |
| 2010s | 3.73 million | 3.25 million | 477,260 | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Gabon or Nicaragua?
- Gabon, at 3.73 million against 3.25 million in Nicaragua as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Gabon and Nicaragua?
- 477,260, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Nicaragua?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Gabon and Nicaragua rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Gabon ranks 92nd and Nicaragua ranks 95th 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.