Kenya vs Pakistan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Kenya
24.21 million
in 2010
Pakistan
24.81 million
in 2010
Kenya rank
37th
Pakistan rank
36th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Kenya
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 24.81 million against 24.21 million in Kenya, a difference of 600,200.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 37th and Pakistan ranks 36th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 19 and Pakistan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 10.11 million | 5.96 million | 4.15 million | Kenya |
| 1790s | 10.29 million | 6.15 million | 4.14 million | Kenya |
| 1800s | 10.47 million | 6.34 million | 4.13 million | Kenya |
| 1810s | 10.66 million | 6.58 million | 4.08 million | Kenya |
| 1820s | 11.02 million | 6.79 million | 4.22 million | Kenya |
| 1830s | 11.40 million | 7.03 million | 4.37 million | Kenya |
| 1840s | 11.79 million | 7.27 million | 4.52 million | Kenya |
| 1850s | 12.20 million | 7.54 million | 4.66 million | Kenya |
| 1860s | 12.62 million | 7.77 million | 4.85 million | Kenya |
| 1870s | 13.10 million | 8.04 million | 5.05 million | Kenya |
| 1880s | 13.59 million | 8.30 million | 5.30 million | Kenya |
| 1890s | 14.11 million | 8.57 million | 5.54 million | Kenya |
| 1900s | 14.64 million | 8.86 million | 5.79 million | Kenya |
| 1910s | 15.61 million | 9.15 million | 6.46 million | Kenya |
| 1920s | 17.03 million | 9.94 million | 7.09 million | Kenya |
| 1930s | 18.46 million | 11.27 million | 7.19 million | Kenya |
| 1940s | 19.16 million | 13.09 million | 6.07 million | Kenya |
| 1950s | 20.68 million | 17.25 million | 3.43 million | Kenya |
| 1960s | 23.14 million | 21.96 million | 1.18 million | Kenya |
| 1970s | 22.51 million | 23.27 million | 758,600 | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 22.59 million | 23.72 million | 1.13 million | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 23.42 million | 24.28 million | 857,500 | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 23.86 million | 24.48 million | 618,500 | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 24.21 million | 24.81 million | 600,200 | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Kenya or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 24.81 million against 24.21 million in Kenya as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Kenya and Pakistan?
- 600,200, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Pakistan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Kenya and Pakistan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Kenya ranks 37th and Pakistan ranks 36th 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.