Latvia vs Taiwan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Latvia
1.07 million
in 2010
Taiwan
999,568
in 2010
Latvia rank
135th
Taiwan rank
137th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Latvia
- Taiwan
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 1.07 million against 999,568 in Taiwan, a difference of 73,022.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 135th and Taiwan ranks 137th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 23 and Taiwan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 303,721 | 91,978 | 211,742 | Latvia |
| 1790s | 343,467 | 96,962 | 246,505 | Latvia |
| 1800s | 387,232 | 102,202 | 285,030 | Latvia |
| 1810s | 435,960 | 108,065 | 327,895 | Latvia |
| 1820s | 481,224 | 114,126 | 367,098 | Latvia |
| 1830s | 530,664 | 117,922 | 412,742 | Latvia |
| 1840s | 584,490 | 122,511 | 461,979 | Latvia |
| 1850s | 643,548 | 127,355 | 516,193 | Latvia |
| 1860s | 709,265 | 136,419 | 572,846 | Latvia |
| 1870s | 761,180 | 141,234 | 619,946 | Latvia |
| 1880s | 817,721 | 146,360 | 671,361 | Latvia |
| 1890s | 879,510 | 151,685 | 727,825 | Latvia |
| 1900s | 945,210 | 173,320 | 771,890 | Latvia |
| 1910s | 1.02 million | 198,044 | 819,376 | Latvia |
| 1920s | 1.04 million | 226,081 | 810,539 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 1.06 million | 283,534 | 778,256 | Latvia |
| 1940s | 1.08 million | 357,224 | 723,156 | Latvia |
| 1950s | 1.04 million | 545,845 | 494,795 | Latvia |
| 1960s | 1.10 million | 757,250 | 338,030 | Latvia |
| 1970s | 1.06 million | 861,097 | 199,233 | Latvia |
| 1980s | 1.05 million | 918,563 | 129,147 | Latvia |
| 1990s | 1.00 million | 1.01 million | 9,440 | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 1.02 million | 981,865 | 42,445 | Latvia |
| 2010s | 1.07 million | 999,568 | 73,022 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Latvia or Taiwan?
- Latvia, at 1.07 million against 999,568 in Taiwan as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Latvia and Taiwan?
- 73,022, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Taiwan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Latvia and Taiwan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Latvia ranks 135th and Taiwan ranks 137th 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.