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
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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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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.