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
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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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.