Kuwait vs Western Sahara: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Kuwait
208,732
in 2010
Western Sahara
199,650
in 2010
Kuwait rank
149th
Western Sahara rank
150th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Kuwait
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 208,732 against 199,650 in Western Sahara, a difference of 9,082.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 149th and Western Sahara ranks 150th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 19 and Western Sahara in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 63,590 | 4,102 | 59,489 | Kuwait |
| 1790s | 64,750 | 4,295 | 60,455 | Kuwait |
| 1800s | 66,044 | 4,767 | 61,277 | Kuwait |
| 1810s | 67,582 | 5,044 | 62,538 | Kuwait |
| 1820s | 69,227 | 5,321 | 63,906 | Kuwait |
| 1830s | 71,223 | 5,958 | 65,265 | Kuwait |
| 1840s | 73,382 | 6,456 | 66,925 | Kuwait |
| 1850s | 75,729 | 6,982 | 68,747 | Kuwait |
| 1860s | 78,319 | 7,730 | 70,589 | Kuwait |
| 1870s | 81,422 | 8,450 | 72,972 | Kuwait |
| 1880s | 85,092 | 9,086 | 76,006 | Kuwait |
| 1890s | 89,302 | 9,918 | 79,384 | Kuwait |
| 1900s | 94,052 | 10,972 | 83,080 | Kuwait |
| 1910s | 99,396 | 11,832 | 87,564 | Kuwait |
| 1920s | 105,091 | 23,266 | 81,825 | Kuwait |
| 1930s | 111,949 | 47,637 | 64,312 | Kuwait |
| 1940s | 122,743 | 99,544 | 23,200 | Kuwait |
| 1950s | 133,647 | 186,875 | 53,228 | Western Sahara |
| 1960s | 207,651 | 1.18 million | 967,959 | Western Sahara |
| 1970s | 207,193 | 1.18 million | 970,277 | Western Sahara |
| 1980s | 205,362 | 1.20 million | 991,108 | Western Sahara |
| 1990s | 239,390 | 1.22 million | 979,090 | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 241,959 | 200,487 | 41,472 | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 208,732 | 199,650 | 9,082 | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Kuwait or Western Sahara?
- Kuwait, at 208,732 against 199,650 in Western Sahara as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Kuwait and Western Sahara?
- 9,082, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Western Sahara?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Kuwait and Western Sahara rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Kuwait ranks 149th and Western Sahara ranks 150th 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.