Niger vs Turkmenistan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Niger
32.16 million
in 2010
Turkmenistan
30.46 million
in 2010
Niger rank
30th
Turkmenistan rank
31st
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Niger
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Niger currently reports 32.16 million against 30.46 million in Turkmenistan, a difference of 1.70 million.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Turkmenistan's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Niger ranks 30th and Turkmenistan ranks 31st of 179 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 14.59 million | 6.10 million | 8.49 million | Niger |
| 1790s | 14.95 million | 6.53 million | 8.42 million | Niger |
| 1800s | 15.32 million | 6.99 million | 8.33 million | Niger |
| 1810s | 15.70 million | 7.49 million | 8.21 million | Niger |
| 1820s | 16.09 million | 8.01 million | 8.08 million | Niger |
| 1830s | 16.50 million | 8.58 million | 7.92 million | Niger |
| 1840s | 16.92 million | 9.20 million | 7.72 million | Niger |
| 1850s | 17.35 million | 9.86 million | 7.49 million | Niger |
| 1860s | 17.79 million | 10.57 million | 7.22 million | Niger |
| 1870s | 18.24 million | 11.33 million | 6.91 million | Niger |
| 1880s | 18.71 million | 12.18 million | 6.54 million | Niger |
| 1890s | 19.20 million | 13.09 million | 6.11 million | Niger |
| 1900s | 19.70 million | 14.07 million | 5.64 million | Niger |
| 1910s | 20.22 million | 15.12 million | 5.10 million | Niger |
| 1920s | 20.76 million | 16.25 million | 4.51 million | Niger |
| 1930s | 21.33 million | 17.48 million | 3.85 million | Niger |
| 1940s | 21.91 million | 18.76 million | 3.14 million | Niger |
| 1950s | 22.10 million | 20.12 million | 1.98 million | Niger |
| 1960s | 29.86 million | 26.61 million | 3.24 million | Niger |
| 1970s | 29.46 million | 27.23 million | 2.23 million | Niger |
| 1980s | 29.01 million | 27.63 million | 1.38 million | Niger |
| 1990s | 31.03 million | 28.04 million | 2.99 million | Niger |
| 2000s | 31.23 million | 30.51 million | 728,100 | Niger |
| 2010s | 32.16 million | 30.46 million | 1.70 million | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Niger or Turkmenistan?
- Niger, at 32.16 million against 30.46 million in Turkmenistan as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Niger and Turkmenistan?
- 1.70 million, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Turkmenistan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Niger and Turkmenistan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Niger ranks 30th and Turkmenistan ranks 31st 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.