India vs Saudi Arabia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
India
171.91 million
in 2010
Saudi Arabia
110.02 million
in 2010
India rank
7th
Saudi Arabia rank
9th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- India
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
India currently reports 171.91 million against 110.02 million in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 61.89 million.
That makes India's figure about 1.6 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 7th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th of 179 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 66.87 million | 6.16 million | 60.71 million | India |
| 1790s | 71.91 million | 6.86 million | 65.05 million | India |
| 1800s | 77.28 million | 7.65 million | 69.63 million | India |
| 1810s | 83.09 million | 8.52 million | 74.58 million | India |
| 1820s | 89.39 million | 9.49 million | 79.90 million | India |
| 1830s | 96.09 million | 10.87 million | 85.22 million | India |
| 1840s | 103.39 million | 12.31 million | 91.08 million | India |
| 1850s | 111.28 million | 13.95 million | 97.32 million | India |
| 1860s | 113.01 million | 15.81 million | 97.20 million | India |
| 1870s | 114.83 million | 17.91 million | 96.92 million | India |
| 1880s | 116.55 million | 20.52 million | 96.03 million | India |
| 1890s | 118.64 million | 23.58 million | 95.06 million | India |
| 1900s | 120.42 million | 27.09 million | 93.33 million | India |
| 1910s | 121.72 million | 31.13 million | 90.59 million | India |
| 1920s | 123.48 million | 35.55 million | 87.93 million | India |
| 1930s | 129.94 million | 41.57 million | 88.37 million | India |
| 1940s | 136.91 million | 48.61 million | 88.30 million | India |
| 1950s | 144.17 million | 56.84 million | 87.34 million | India |
| 1960s | 168.69 million | 80.37 million | 88.33 million | India |
| 1970s | 170.03 million | 80.37 million | 89.66 million | India |
| 1980s | 171.00 million | 77.65 million | 93.35 million | India |
| 1990s | 171.56 million | 107.57 million | 63.99 million | India |
| 2000s | 171.12 million | 110.04 million | 61.08 million | India |
| 2010s | 171.91 million | 110.02 million | 61.89 million | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, India or Saudi Arabia?
- India, at 171.91 million against 110.02 million in Saudi Arabia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between India and Saudi Arabia?
- 61.89 million, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Saudi Arabia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do India and Saudi Arabia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- India ranks 7th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th 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.