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
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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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.