Italy vs Myanmar: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Italy
9.76 million
in 2010
Myanmar
10.71 million
in 2010
Italy rank
65th
Myanmar rank
62nd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Italy
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 10.71 million against 9.76 million in Italy, a difference of 948,150.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 65th and Myanmar ranks 62nd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 23 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 11.12 million | 1.83 million | 9.29 million | Italy |
| 1790s | 11.33 million | 1.89 million | 9.44 million | Italy |
| 1800s | 11.55 million | 1.94 million | 9.60 million | Italy |
| 1810s | 11.77 million | 2.01 million | 9.76 million | Italy |
| 1820s | 12.01 million | 2.07 million | 9.94 million | Italy |
| 1830s | 12.47 million | 2.14 million | 10.33 million | Italy |
| 1840s | 12.94 million | 2.21 million | 10.73 million | Italy |
| 1850s | 13.44 million | 2.28 million | 11.16 million | Italy |
| 1860s | 13.78 million | 2.74 million | 11.04 million | Italy |
| 1870s | 13.80 million | 3.29 million | 10.50 million | Italy |
| 1880s | 14.13 million | 3.97 million | 10.16 million | Italy |
| 1890s | 14.56 million | 4.80 million | 9.76 million | Italy |
| 1900s | 14.94 million | 5.80 million | 9.13 million | Italy |
| 1910s | 15.37 million | 7.01 million | 8.36 million | Italy |
| 1920s | 16.14 million | 8.47 million | 7.67 million | Italy |
| 1930s | 16.36 million | 8.37 million | 7.99 million | Italy |
| 1940s | 16.71 million | 8.25 million | 8.46 million | Italy |
| 1950s | 17.14 million | 8.16 million | 8.98 million | Italy |
| 1960s | 17.73 million | 10.05 million | 7.68 million | Italy |
| 1970s | 17.24 million | 10.42 million | 6.82 million | Italy |
| 1980s | 14.56 million | 10.05 million | 4.52 million | Italy |
| 1990s | 12.36 million | 10.07 million | 2.29 million | Italy |
| 2000s | 10.54 million | 10.40 million | 142,500 | Italy |
| 2010s | 9.76 million | 10.71 million | 948,150 | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Italy or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 10.71 million against 9.76 million in Italy as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Italy and Myanmar?
- 948,150, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Myanmar?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Italy and Myanmar rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Italy ranks 65th and Myanmar ranks 62nd 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.