Ghana vs Romania: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Ghana
11.18 million
in 2010
Romania
10.93 million
in 2010
Ghana rank
58th
Romania rank
60th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Ghana
- Romania
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 11.18 million against 10.93 million in Romania, a difference of 253,600.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Romania ahead.
Ghana ranks 58th and Romania ranks 60th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 2.80 million | 6.04 million | 3.24 million | Romania |
| 1790s | 2.78 million | 6.29 million | 3.51 million | Romania |
| 1800s | 2.77 million | 6.56 million | 3.79 million | Romania |
| 1810s | 2.75 million | 6.83 million | 4.08 million | Romania |
| 1820s | 2.81 million | 7.12 million | 4.31 million | Romania |
| 1830s | 2.88 million | 7.67 million | 4.80 million | Romania |
| 1840s | 2.94 million | 7.94 million | 5.00 million | Romania |
| 1850s | 3.01 million | 8.22 million | 5.21 million | Romania |
| 1860s | 3.08 million | 8.60 million | 5.52 million | Romania |
| 1870s | 3.19 million | 8.96 million | 5.77 million | Romania |
| 1880s | 3.30 million | 9.32 million | 6.03 million | Romania |
| 1890s | 3.41 million | 9.67 million | 6.26 million | Romania |
| 1900s | 3.53 million | 9.99 million | 6.46 million | Romania |
| 1910s | 3.66 million | 10.52 million | 6.86 million | Romania |
| 1920s | 4.40 million | 10.68 million | 6.28 million | Romania |
| 1930s | 5.20 million | 12.00 million | 6.81 million | Romania |
| 1940s | 6.27 million | 12.44 million | 6.17 million | Romania |
| 1950s | 7.52 million | 12.99 million | 5.47 million | Romania |
| 1960s | 10.28 million | 14.25 million | 3.97 million | Romania |
| 1970s | 9.78 million | 14.49 million | 4.71 million | Romania |
| 1980s | 10.00 million | 14.41 million | 4.41 million | Romania |
| 1990s | 10.48 million | 14.03 million | 3.55 million | Romania |
| 2000s | 10.82 million | 11.89 million | 1.07 million | Romania |
| 2010s | 11.18 million | 10.93 million | 253,600 | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Ghana or Romania?
- Ghana, at 11.18 million against 10.93 million in Romania as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Ghana and Romania?
- 253,600, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Romania?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Ghana and Romania rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Ghana ranks 58th and Romania ranks 60th 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.