New Caledonia vs Qatar: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- New Caledonia
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 43,121 against 21,320 in New Caledonia, a difference of 21,801.
That makes Qatar's figure about 2.0 times New Caledonia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was New Caledonia ahead.
New Caledonia ranks 160th and Qatar ranks 158th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, New Caledonia averaged higher in 23 and Qatar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Caledonia | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 83,311 | 9,448 | 73,863 | New Caledonia |
| 1790s | 83,311 | 9,978 | 73,333 | New Caledonia |
| 1800s | 83,311 | 10,536 | 72,775 | New Caledonia |
| 1810s | 83,311 | 11,121 | 72,190 | New Caledonia |
| 1820s | 83,311 | 11,763 | 71,548 | New Caledonia |
| 1830s | 83,311 | 12,488 | 70,823 | New Caledonia |
| 1840s | 83,311 | 13,241 | 70,070 | New Caledonia |
| 1850s | 83,311 | 14,078 | 69,233 | New Caledonia |
| 1860s | 83,311 | 14,971 | 68,340 | New Caledonia |
| 1870s | 83,311 | 15,391 | 67,920 | New Caledonia |
| 1880s | 83,311 | 15,839 | 67,472 | New Caledonia |
| 1890s | 83,311 | 16,371 | 66,940 | New Caledonia |
| 1900s | 83,311 | 16,986 | 66,325 | New Caledonia |
| 1910s | 83,311 | 17,630 | 65,681 | New Caledonia |
| 1920s | 83,311 | 19,278 | 64,034 | New Caledonia |
| 1930s | 83,311 | 21,205 | 62,107 | New Caledonia |
| 1940s | 83,311 | 23,355 | 59,956 | New Caledonia |
| 1950s | 82,536 | 25,730 | 56,806 | New Caledonia |
| 1960s | 82,191 | 43,632 | 38,559 | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 81,631 | 43,630 | 38,001 | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 81,044 | 45,668 | 35,376 | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 81,040 | 46,223 | 34,817 | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 72,018 | 41,537 | 30,481 | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 21,320 | 43,121 | 21,801 | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, New Caledonia or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 43,121 against 21,320 in New Caledonia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between New Caledonia and Qatar?
- 21,801, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Caledonia and Qatar?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do New Caledonia and Qatar rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- New Caledonia ranks 160th and Qatar ranks 158th 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.