Mexico vs Saudi Arabia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Mexico
- Saudi Arabia
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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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.