Ghana vs Iraq: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Ghana
11.18 million
in 2010
Iraq
12.00 million
in 2010
Ghana rank
58th
Iraq rank
56th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Ghana
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 12.00 million against 11.18 million in Ghana, a difference of 819,400.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 58th and Iraq ranks 56th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 20 and Iraq in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 2.80 million | 1.72 million | 1.08 million | Ghana |
| 1790s | 2.78 million | 1.70 million | 1.08 million | Ghana |
| 1800s | 2.77 million | 1.69 million | 1.08 million | Ghana |
| 1810s | 2.75 million | 1.75 million | 1.00 million | Ghana |
| 1820s | 2.81 million | 1.81 million | 1.00 million | Ghana |
| 1830s | 2.88 million | 1.89 million | 986,470 | Ghana |
| 1840s | 2.94 million | 1.96 million | 975,970 | Ghana |
| 1850s | 3.01 million | 2.05 million | 962,210 | Ghana |
| 1860s | 3.08 million | 2.13 million | 945,490 | Ghana |
| 1870s | 3.19 million | 2.38 million | 807,330 | Ghana |
| 1880s | 3.30 million | 2.69 million | 609,880 | Ghana |
| 1890s | 3.41 million | 3.03 million | 379,440 | Ghana |
| 1900s | 3.53 million | 3.39 million | 139,990 | Ghana |
| 1910s | 3.66 million | 3.80 million | 142,060 | Iraq |
| 1920s | 4.40 million | 4.17 million | 229,710 | Ghana |
| 1930s | 5.20 million | 4.34 million | 851,840 | Ghana |
| 1940s | 6.27 million | 6.03 million | 248,930 | Ghana |
| 1950s | 7.52 million | 7.13 million | 389,380 | Ghana |
| 1960s | 10.28 million | 9.62 million | 660,800 | Ghana |
| 1970s | 9.78 million | 9.75 million | 25,120 | Ghana |
| 1980s | 10.00 million | 10.17 million | 170,700 | Iraq |
| 1990s | 10.48 million | 10.50 million | 22,200 | Iraq |
| 2000s | 10.82 million | 10.81 million | 13,900 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 11.18 million | 12.00 million | 819,400 | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Ghana or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 12.00 million against 11.18 million in Ghana as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Ghana and Iraq?
- 819,400, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Ghana ranks 58th and Iraq ranks 56th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) β 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.