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
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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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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.