Nepal vs Serbia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Nepal
3.80 million
in 2010
Serbia
3.84 million
in 2010
Nepal rank
91st
Serbia rank
90th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Nepal
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 3.84 million against 3.80 million in Nepal, a difference of 42,280.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Serbia ahead.

Nepal ranks 91st and Serbia ranks 90th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 1 and Serbia in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nepal Serbia Difference Ahead
1780s 1.42 million 1.73 million 317,630 Serbia
1790s 1.48 million 1.74 million 264,700 Serbia
1800s 1.53 million 1.75 million 216,620 Serbia
1810s 1.60 million 1.75 million 150,350 Serbia
1820s 1.65 million 1.75 million 99,270 Serbia
1830s 1.73 million 1.76 million 32,420 Serbia
1840s 1.80 million 1.76 million 39,030 Nepal
1850s 1.88 million 2.11 million 226,750 Serbia
1860s 1.93 million 2.43 million 499,780 Serbia
1870s 1.99 million 2.73 million 738,340 Serbia
1880s 2.07 million 3.00 million 930,870 Serbia
1890s 2.15 million 3.25 million 1.09 million Serbia
1900s 2.20 million 3.45 million 1.25 million Serbia
1910s 2.33 million 3.62 million 1.29 million Serbia
1920s 2.65 million 3.78 million 1.13 million Serbia
1930s 2.86 million 3.94 million 1.08 million Serbia
1940s 3.09 million 4.07 million 983,190 Serbia
1950s 3.36 million 4.32 million 966,340 Serbia
1960s 3.87 million 4.53 million 661,370 Serbia
1970s 3.84 million 4.42 million 574,620 Serbia
1980s 4.18 million 4.29 million 117,590 Serbia
1990s 3.81 million 4.15 million 337,140 Serbia
2000s 3.82 million 3.97 million 152,380 Serbia
2010s 3.80 million 3.84 million 42,280 Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Nepal or Serbia?
Serbia, at 3.84 million against 3.80 million in Nepal as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Nepal and Serbia?
42,280, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Serbia?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Nepal and Serbia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Nepal ranks 91st and Serbia ranks 90th 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.