Ireland vs Sierra Leone: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Ireland
2.67 million
in 2010
Sierra Leone
2.61 million
in 2010
Ireland rank
101st
Sierra Leone rank
102nd

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Ireland
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 2.67 million against 2.61 million in Sierra Leone, a difference of 54,260.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.

Ireland ranks 101st and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd of 179 countries.

Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ireland Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1780s 5.19 million 596,883 4.59 million Ireland
1790s 5.38 million 616,826 4.76 million Ireland
1800s 5.19 million 637,921 4.56 million Ireland
1810s 4.79 million 659,748 4.13 million Ireland
1820s 4.24 million 692,914 3.55 million Ireland
1830s 3.93 million 728,051 3.21 million Ireland
1840s 3.75 million 764,763 2.99 million Ireland
1850s 4.01 million 803,200 3.21 million Ireland
1860s 4.20 million 843,789 3.36 million Ireland
1870s 4.31 million 901,293 3.41 million Ireland
1880s 4.38 million 962,832 3.41 million Ireland
1890s 4.51 million 1.03 million 3.48 million Ireland
1900s 4.59 million 1.10 million 3.49 million Ireland
1910s 4.63 million 1.17 million 3.45 million Ireland
1920s 4.64 million 1.34 million 3.30 million Ireland
1930s 3.89 million 1.55 million 2.34 million Ireland
1940s 4.03 million 1.79 million 2.24 million Ireland
1950s 4.15 million 2.04 million 2.11 million Ireland
1960s 4.07 million 2.37 million 1.70 million Ireland
1970s 4.15 million 2.41 million 1.74 million Ireland
1980s 4.28 million 2.45 million 1.83 million Ireland
1990s 3.98 million 2.45 million 1.53 million Ireland
2000s 2.96 million 2.55 million 411,990 Ireland
2010s 2.67 million 2.61 million 54,260 Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Ireland or Sierra Leone?
Ireland, at 2.67 million against 2.61 million in Sierra Leone as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Ireland and Sierra Leone?
54,260, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Sierra Leone?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Ireland and Sierra Leone rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Ireland ranks 101st and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd 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.