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
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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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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.