Mongolia vs South Africa: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Mongolia
103.89 million
in 2010
South Africa
78.69 million
in 2010
Mongolia rank
10th
South Africa rank
12th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Mongolia
- South Africa
How they compare
Mongolia currently reports 103.89 million against 78.69 million in South Africa, a difference of 25.20 million.
That makes Mongolia's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Mongolia has been ahead every year.
Mongolia ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 12th of 179 countries.
Mongolia has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mongolia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 13.49 million | 1.40 million | 12.09 million | Mongolia |
| 1790s | 14.94 million | 1.40 million | 13.54 million | Mongolia |
| 1800s | 16.49 million | 1.38 million | 15.11 million | Mongolia |
| 1810s | 18.31 million | 1.37 million | 16.95 million | Mongolia |
| 1820s | 20.26 million | 1.35 million | 18.91 million | Mongolia |
| 1830s | 22.59 million | 1.32 million | 21.27 million | Mongolia |
| 1840s | 25.36 million | 1.29 million | 24.07 million | Mongolia |
| 1850s | 28.49 million | 1.25 million | 27.24 million | Mongolia |
| 1860s | 31.99 million | 2.86 million | 29.13 million | Mongolia |
| 1870s | 35.95 million | 4.61 million | 31.35 million | Mongolia |
| 1880s | 40.87 million | 9.09 million | 31.78 million | Mongolia |
| 1890s | 49.87 million | 11.67 million | 38.20 million | Mongolia |
| 1900s | 60.92 million | 16.95 million | 43.97 million | Mongolia |
| 1910s | 74.39 million | 23.80 million | 50.60 million | Mongolia |
| 1920s | 79.07 million | 30.75 million | 48.32 million | Mongolia |
| 1930s | 83.88 million | 39.83 million | 44.04 million | Mongolia |
| 1940s | 88.79 million | 50.68 million | 38.10 million | Mongolia |
| 1950s | 93.70 million | 69.49 million | 24.21 million | Mongolia |
| 1960s | 128.20 million | 90.05 million | 38.14 million | Mongolia |
| 1970s | 126.54 million | 83.68 million | 42.87 million | Mongolia |
| 1980s | 110.09 million | 81.58 million | 28.51 million | Mongolia |
| 1990s | 104.33 million | 82.89 million | 21.44 million | Mongolia |
| 2000s | 107.83 million | 80.43 million | 27.40 million | Mongolia |
| 2010s | 103.89 million | 78.69 million | 25.20 million | Mongolia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Mongolia or South Africa?
- Mongolia, at 103.89 million against 78.69 million in South Africa as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Mongolia and South Africa?
- 25.20 million, with Mongolia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and South Africa?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Mongolia and South Africa rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Mongolia ranks 10th and South Africa ranks 12th 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.