Moldova vs Sierra Leone: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Moldova
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 2.61 million against 2.32 million in Moldova, a difference of 293,460.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Moldova's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Moldova ahead.
Moldova ranks 105th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Moldova averaged higher in 18 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Moldova | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.30 million | 596,883 | 707,777 | Moldova |
| 1790s | 1.38 million | 616,826 | 764,964 | Moldova |
| 1800s | 1.46 million | 637,921 | 825,779 | Moldova |
| 1810s | 1.55 million | 659,748 | 891,232 | Moldova |
| 1820s | 1.64 million | 692,914 | 951,796 | Moldova |
| 1830s | 1.75 million | 728,051 | 1.02 million | Moldova |
| 1840s | 1.86 million | 764,763 | 1.09 million | Moldova |
| 1850s | 1.96 million | 803,200 | 1.16 million | Moldova |
| 1860s | 2.09 million | 843,789 | 1.24 million | Moldova |
| 1870s | 2.22 million | 901,293 | 1.32 million | Moldova |
| 1880s | 2.36 million | 962,832 | 1.40 million | Moldova |
| 1890s | 2.52 million | 1.03 million | 1.49 million | Moldova |
| 1900s | 2.68 million | 1.10 million | 1.58 million | Moldova |
| 1910s | 2.84 million | 1.17 million | 1.67 million | Moldova |
| 1920s | 2.97 million | 1.34 million | 1.63 million | Moldova |
| 1930s | 2.94 million | 1.55 million | 1.39 million | Moldova |
| 1940s | 2.85 million | 1.79 million | 1.06 million | Moldova |
| 1950s | 1.93 million | 2.04 million | 110,090 | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 2.43 million | 2.37 million | 59,450 | Moldova |
| 1970s | 2.38 million | 2.41 million | 26,730 | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 2.38 million | 2.45 million | 70,610 | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 2.35 million | 2.45 million | 97,330 | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 2.39 million | 2.55 million | 164,570 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 2.32 million | 2.61 million | 293,460 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Moldova or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 2.61 million against 2.32 million in Moldova as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Moldova and Sierra Leone?
- 293,460, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Moldova and Sierra Leone?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Moldova and Sierra Leone rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Moldova ranks 105th and Sierra Leone ranks 102nd 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.