Mexico vs Saudi Arabia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Mexico
89.60 million
in 2010
Saudi Arabia
110.02 million
in 2010
Mexico rank
11th
Saudi Arabia rank
9th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 110.02 million against 89.60 million in Mexico, a difference of 20.42 million.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 11th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 13 and Saudi Arabia in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1780s 10.81 million 6.16 million 4.65 million Mexico
1790s 11.48 million 6.86 million 4.61 million Mexico
1800s 12.15 million 7.65 million 4.50 million Mexico
1810s 12.81 million 8.52 million 4.29 million Mexico
1820s 13.51 million 9.49 million 4.01 million Mexico
1830s 14.20 million 10.87 million 3.34 million Mexico
1840s 14.92 million 12.31 million 2.60 million Mexico
1850s 15.63 million 13.95 million 1.68 million Mexico
1860s 16.40 million 15.81 million 598,100 Mexico
1870s 17.18 million 17.91 million 729,300 Saudi Arabia
1880s 18.12 million 20.52 million 2.41 million Saudi Arabia
1890s 22.79 million 23.58 million 784,900 Saudi Arabia
1900s 26.41 million 27.09 million 681,300 Saudi Arabia
1910s 30.47 million 31.13 million 657,000 Saudi Arabia
1920s 28.37 million 35.55 million 7.17 million Saudi Arabia
1930s 33.27 million 41.57 million 8.29 million Saudi Arabia
1940s 42.01 million 48.61 million 6.60 million Saudi Arabia
1950s 57.42 million 56.84 million 583,000 Mexico
1960s 90.70 million 80.37 million 10.33 million Mexico
1970s 89.67 million 80.37 million 9.30 million Mexico
1980s 90.46 million 77.65 million 12.81 million Mexico
1990s 92.15 million 107.57 million 15.42 million Saudi Arabia
2000s 89.42 million 110.04 million 20.62 million Saudi Arabia
2010s 89.60 million 110.02 million 20.42 million Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Mexico or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 110.02 million against 89.60 million in Mexico as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Mexico and Saudi Arabia?
20.42 million, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Saudi Arabia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Mexico and Saudi Arabia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Mexico ranks 11th and Saudi Arabia ranks 9th 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.