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
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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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Indicator
Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Source
Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
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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.