Gambia vs United Arab Emirates: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Gambia
- United Arab Emirates
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 490,846 against 320,012 in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 170,834.
That makes Gambia's figure about 1.5 times United Arab Emirates's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 142nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 145th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 23 and United Arab Emirates in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | United Arab Emirates | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 95,477 | 55,187 | 40,291 | Gambia |
| 1790s | 89,115 | 54,713 | 34,401 | Gambia |
| 1800s | 83,219 | 54,354 | 28,865 | Gambia |
| 1810s | 77,762 | 53,967 | 23,795 | Gambia |
| 1820s | 79,512 | 57,131 | 22,381 | Gambia |
| 1830s | 81,380 | 60,832 | 20,548 | Gambia |
| 1840s | 83,135 | 64,676 | 18,459 | Gambia |
| 1850s | 84,978 | 68,915 | 16,062 | Gambia |
| 1860s | 86,763 | 73,354 | 13,409 | Gambia |
| 1870s | 89,482 | 78,470 | 11,012 | Gambia |
| 1880s | 92,183 | 84,070 | 8,113 | Gambia |
| 1890s | 94,946 | 90,322 | 4,624 | Gambia |
| 1900s | 97,887 | 97,227 | 660.7 | Gambia |
| 1910s | 100,592 | 104,727 | 4,135 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1920s | 121,855 | 111,331 | 10,524 | Gambia |
| 1930s | 147,823 | 119,442 | 28,381 | Gambia |
| 1940s | 179,341 | 128,606 | 50,735 | Gambia |
| 1950s | 217,930 | 138,936 | 78,994 | Gambia |
| 1960s | 273,619 | 185,905 | 87,714 | Gambia |
| 1970s | 288,083 | 188,624 | 99,459 | Gambia |
| 1980s | 316,421 | 195,721 | 120,700 | Gambia |
| 1990s | 391,038 | 260,928 | 130,110 | Gambia |
| 2000s | 444,882 | 345,563 | 99,319 | Gambia |
| 2010s | 490,846 | 320,012 | 170,834 | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Gambia or United Arab Emirates?
- Gambia, at 490,846 against 320,012 in United Arab Emirates as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Gambia and United Arab Emirates?
- 170,834, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and United Arab Emirates?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Gambia and United Arab Emirates rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Gambia ranks 142nd and United Arab Emirates ranks 145th 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.