Guatemala vs Nicaragua: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Guatemala
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 3.47 million against 3.25 million in Nicaragua, a difference of 214,070.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 94th and Nicaragua ranks 95th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 9 and Nicaragua in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 413,982 | 330,754 | 83,228 | Guatemala |
| 1790s | 407,154 | 344,770 | 62,384 | Guatemala |
| 1800s | 400,117 | 360,026 | 40,091 | Guatemala |
| 1810s | 392,901 | 375,653 | 17,248 | Guatemala |
| 1820s | 386,192 | 392,335 | 6,143 | Nicaragua |
| 1830s | 433,525 | 464,398 | 30,873 | Nicaragua |
| 1840s | 482,852 | 523,210 | 40,358 | Nicaragua |
| 1850s | 537,015 | 590,686 | 53,671 | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 601,468 | 616,163 | 14,695 | Nicaragua |
| 1870s | 664,036 | 638,403 | 25,633 | Guatemala |
| 1880s | 713,994 | 701,934 | 12,060 | Guatemala |
| 1890s | 748,891 | 776,257 | 27,366 | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 787,317 | 861,191 | 73,874 | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 868,234 | 959,840 | 91,606 | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 955,451 | 1.08 million | 120,599 | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 1.05 million | 1.33 million | 270,840 | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 1.31 million | 1.57 million | 261,440 | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 1.79 million | 2.05 million | 255,330 | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 2.37 million | 2.76 million | 383,880 | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 2.46 million | 2.88 million | 417,730 | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 2.72 million | 2.98 million | 254,080 | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 3.40 million | 2.81 million | 580,990 | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 3.45 million | 3.09 million | 359,990 | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 3.47 million | 3.25 million | 214,070 | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Guatemala or Nicaragua?
- Guatemala, at 3.47 million against 3.25 million in Nicaragua as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Guatemala and Nicaragua?
- 214,070, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Nicaragua?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Guatemala and Nicaragua rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Guatemala ranks 94th and Nicaragua ranks 95th 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.