Malaysia vs Tunisia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Malaysia
6.50 million
in 2010
Tunisia
7.14 million
in 2010
Malaysia rank
77th
Tunisia rank
75th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Malaysia
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 7.14 million against 6.50 million in Malaysia, a difference of 641,250.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Tunisia has been ahead every year.

Malaysia ranks 77th and Tunisia ranks 75th of 179 countries.

Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Tunisia Difference Ahead
1780s 192,278 1.15 million 961,012 Tunisia
1790s 200,380 1.17 million 964,890 Tunisia
1800s 205,034 1.18 million 972,026 Tunisia
1810s 219,661 1.19 million 969,629 Tunisia
1820s 227,344 1.26 million 1.03 million Tunisia
1830s 239,513 1.34 million 1.10 million Tunisia
1840s 243,261 1.42 million 1.18 million Tunisia
1850s 257,368 1.52 million 1.26 million Tunisia
1860s 345,572 1.61 million 1.27 million Tunisia
1870s 421,664 1.90 million 1.48 million Tunisia
1880s 509,097 2.24 million 1.73 million Tunisia
1890s 609,625 2.64 million 2.03 million Tunisia
1900s 688,616 3.10 million 2.41 million Tunisia
1910s 829,164 3.62 million 2.79 million Tunisia
1920s 1.07 million 4.08 million 3.02 million Tunisia
1930s 1.28 million 4.61 million 3.33 million Tunisia
1940s 1.71 million 5.16 million 3.44 million Tunisia
1950s 1.92 million 5.83 million 3.90 million Tunisia
1960s 2.63 million 7.07 million 4.44 million Tunisia
1970s 3.01 million 7.23 million 4.22 million Tunisia
1980s 3.30 million 7.06 million 3.76 million Tunisia
1990s 4.91 million 6.96 million 2.05 million Tunisia
2000s 5.70 million 7.07 million 1.38 million Tunisia
2010s 6.50 million 7.14 million 641,250 Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Malaysia or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at 7.14 million against 6.50 million in Malaysia as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Malaysia and Tunisia?
641,250, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Tunisia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Malaysia and Tunisia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Malaysia ranks 77th and Tunisia ranks 75th 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.