Ghana vs Uganda: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Ghana
11.18 million
in 2010
Uganda
11.10 million
in 2010
Ghana rank
58th
Uganda rank
59th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Ghana
- Uganda
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 11.18 million against 11.10 million in Uganda, a difference of 75,600.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Uganda ahead.
Ghana ranks 58th and Uganda ranks 59th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 9 and Uganda in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 2.80 million | 3.52 million | 726,170 | Uganda |
| 1790s | 2.78 million | 3.50 million | 718,810 | Uganda |
| 1800s | 2.77 million | 3.48 million | 713,110 | Uganda |
| 1810s | 2.75 million | 3.46 million | 707,130 | Uganda |
| 1820s | 2.81 million | 3.46 million | 649,160 | Uganda |
| 1830s | 2.88 million | 3.47 million | 592,650 | Uganda |
| 1840s | 2.94 million | 3.47 million | 533,140 | Uganda |
| 1850s | 3.01 million | 3.48 million | 474,450 | Uganda |
| 1860s | 3.08 million | 3.49 million | 415,430 | Uganda |
| 1870s | 3.19 million | 3.54 million | 358,570 | Uganda |
| 1880s | 3.30 million | 3.60 million | 301,270 | Uganda |
| 1890s | 3.41 million | 3.66 million | 243,540 | Uganda |
| 1900s | 3.53 million | 3.72 million | 184,360 | Uganda |
| 1910s | 3.66 million | 3.79 million | 129,320 | Uganda |
| 1920s | 4.40 million | 4.41 million | 16,170 | Uganda |
| 1930s | 5.20 million | 5.09 million | 104,310 | Ghana |
| 1940s | 6.27 million | 5.89 million | 383,190 | Ghana |
| 1950s | 7.52 million | 6.66 million | 866,760 | Ghana |
| 1960s | 10.28 million | 8.13 million | 2.16 million | Ghana |
| 1970s | 9.78 million | 8.77 million | 1.00 million | Ghana |
| 1980s | 10.00 million | 9.27 million | 733,530 | Ghana |
| 1990s | 10.48 million | 10.13 million | 352,200 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 10.82 million | 10.48 million | 341,200 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 11.18 million | 11.10 million | 75,600 | 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 Uganda?
- Ghana, at 11.18 million against 11.10 million in Uganda as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Ghana and Uganda?
- 75,600, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Uganda?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Ghana and Uganda rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Ghana ranks 58th and Uganda ranks 59th 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.