Laos vs Sri Lanka: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Laos
1.39 million
in 2010
Sri Lanka
1.45 million
in 2010
Laos rank
120th
Sri Lanka rank
117th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Laos
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.45 million against 1.39 million in Laos, a difference of 53,700.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Laos ahead.
Laos ranks 120th and Sri Lanka ranks 117th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 15 and Sri Lanka in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 508,089 | 111,040 | 397,049 | Laos |
| 1790s | 509,840 | 108,621 | 401,219 | Laos |
| 1800s | 511,085 | 106,172 | 404,913 | Laos |
| 1810s | 565,633 | 103,814 | 461,819 | Laos |
| 1820s | 621,840 | 101,640 | 520,200 | Laos |
| 1830s | 674,339 | 116,093 | 558,246 | Laos |
| 1840s | 726,220 | 141,140 | 585,080 | Laos |
| 1850s | 779,312 | 445,569 | 333,743 | Laos |
| 1860s | 831,738 | 489,970 | 341,768 | Laos |
| 1870s | 877,525 | 543,078 | 334,447 | Laos |
| 1880s | 922,867 | 606,730 | 316,137 | Laos |
| 1890s | 968,384 | 675,910 | 292,474 | Laos |
| 1900s | 1.02 million | 758,905 | 257,315 | Laos |
| 1910s | 890,095 | 858,701 | 31,394 | Laos |
| 1920s | 916,411 | 948,032 | 31,621 | Sri Lanka |
| 1930s | 935,355 | 987,324 | 51,969 | Sri Lanka |
| 1940s | 958,903 | 1.07 million | 114,417 | Sri Lanka |
| 1950s | 975,002 | 1.16 million | 180,818 | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 1.27 million | 1.13 million | 138,330 | Laos |
| 1970s | 1.22 million | 1.60 million | 379,190 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 1.36 million | 1.53 million | 173,460 | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1.21 million | 1.55 million | 340,840 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.36 million | 1.51 million | 148,890 | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 1.39 million | 1.45 million | 53,700 | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Laos or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.45 million against 1.39 million in Laos as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Laos and Sri Lanka?
- 53,700, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Sri Lanka?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Laos and Sri Lanka rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Laos ranks 120th and Sri Lanka ranks 117th 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.