Panama vs Sri Lanka: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Panama
1.44 million
in 2010
Sri Lanka
1.45 million
in 2010
Panama rank
119th
Sri Lanka rank
117th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 1.45 million against 1.44 million in Panama, a difference of 8,500.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Panama ranks 119th and Sri Lanka ranks 117th of 179 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 77,017 | 111,040 | 34,023 | Sri Lanka |
| 1790s | 79,673 | 108,621 | 28,948 | Sri Lanka |
| 1800s | 85,477 | 106,172 | 20,695 | Sri Lanka |
| 1810s | 88,438 | 103,814 | 15,376 | Sri Lanka |
| 1820s | 99,704 | 101,640 | 1,936 | Sri Lanka |
| 1830s | 108,955 | 116,093 | 7,138 | Sri Lanka |
| 1840s | 119,092 | 141,140 | 22,048 | Sri Lanka |
| 1850s | 133,380 | 445,569 | 312,189 | Sri Lanka |
| 1860s | 153,080 | 489,970 | 336,890 | Sri Lanka |
| 1870s | 173,482 | 543,078 | 369,596 | Sri Lanka |
| 1880s | 194,682 | 606,730 | 412,048 | Sri Lanka |
| 1890s | 227,024 | 675,910 | 448,886 | Sri Lanka |
| 1900s | 267,372 | 758,905 | 491,533 | Sri Lanka |
| 1910s | 337,751 | 858,701 | 520,950 | Sri Lanka |
| 1920s | 414,059 | 948,032 | 533,973 | Sri Lanka |
| 1930s | 477,192 | 987,324 | 510,132 | Sri Lanka |
| 1940s | 636,661 | 1.07 million | 436,659 | Sri Lanka |
| 1950s | 841,074 | 1.16 million | 314,746 | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 1.09 million | 1.13 million | 44,260 | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1.13 million | 1.60 million | 468,480 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 1.11 million | 1.53 million | 423,560 | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 1.26 million | 1.55 million | 292,360 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.29 million | 1.51 million | 221,380 | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 1.44 million | 1.45 million | 8,500 | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Panama or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 1.45 million against 1.44 million in Panama as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Panama and Sri Lanka?
- 8,500, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Sri Lanka?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Panama and Sri Lanka rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Panama ranks 119th and Sri Lanka ranks 117th 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.