Iran vs Somalia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Iran
45.92 million
in 2010
Somalia
41.38 million
in 2010
Iran rank
17th
Somalia rank
19th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Iran
- Somalia
How they compare
Iran currently reports 45.92 million against 41.38 million in Somalia, a difference of 4.54 million.
That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Iran has been ahead every year.
Iran ranks 17th and Somalia ranks 19th of 179 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 17.14 million | 4.21 million | 12.93 million | Iran |
| 1790s | 17.41 million | 4.54 million | 12.87 million | Iran |
| 1800s | 17.69 million | 4.90 million | 12.79 million | Iran |
| 1810s | 17.97 million | 5.28 million | 12.69 million | Iran |
| 1820s | 18.26 million | 5.71 million | 12.56 million | Iran |
| 1830s | 19.20 million | 6.48 million | 12.72 million | Iran |
| 1840s | 20.13 million | 7.24 million | 12.89 million | Iran |
| 1850s | 21.06 million | 8.08 million | 12.97 million | Iran |
| 1860s | 21.98 million | 9.02 million | 12.96 million | Iran |
| 1870s | 22.90 million | 10.15 million | 12.75 million | Iran |
| 1880s | 26.28 million | 11.43 million | 14.84 million | Iran |
| 1890s | 29.62 million | 12.87 million | 16.75 million | Iran |
| 1900s | 32.14 million | 14.49 million | 17.66 million | Iran |
| 1910s | 34.60 million | 16.28 million | 18.32 million | Iran |
| 1920s | 37.87 million | 19.11 million | 18.76 million | Iran |
| 1930s | 41.41 million | 22.44 million | 18.97 million | Iran |
| 1940s | 45.26 million | 26.35 million | 18.91 million | Iran |
| 1950s | 49.22 million | 30.97 million | 18.25 million | Iran |
| 1960s | 56.00 million | 41.02 million | 14.98 million | Iran |
| 1970s | 54.74 million | 41.07 million | 13.67 million | Iran |
| 1980s | 52.71 million | 41.12 million | 11.59 million | Iran |
| 1990s | 55.67 million | 41.12 million | 14.55 million | Iran |
| 2000s | 58.52 million | 41.16 million | 17.36 million | Iran |
| 2010s | 45.92 million | 41.38 million | 4.54 million | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Iran or Somalia?
- Iran, at 45.92 million against 41.38 million in Somalia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Iran and Somalia?
- 4.54 million, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Somalia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Iran and Somalia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Iran ranks 17th and Somalia ranks 19th 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.