Papua New Guinea vs Sweden: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Papua New Guinea
516,965
in 2010
Sweden
714,494
in 2010
Papua New Guinea rank
140th
Sweden rank
139th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 714,494 against 516,965 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 197,529.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 140th and Sweden ranks 139th of 179 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 44,557 | 347,853 | 303,296 | Sweden |
| 1790s | 46,673 | 357,949 | 311,276 | Sweden |
| 1800s | 48,665 | 366,624 | 317,959 | Sweden |
| 1810s | 51,235 | 364,953 | 313,718 | Sweden |
| 1820s | 53,412 | 388,271 | 334,859 | Sweden |
| 1830s | 55,864 | 419,015 | 363,151 | Sweden |
| 1840s | 58,558 | 446,941 | 388,382 | Sweden |
| 1850s | 61,531 | 485,054 | 423,523 | Sweden |
| 1860s | 64,714 | 510,075 | 445,361 | Sweden |
| 1870s | 68,081 | 548,970 | 480,889 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 71,506 | 585,106 | 513,600 | Sweden |
| 1890s | 75,246 | 593,305 | 518,059 | Sweden |
| 1900s | 79,344 | 622,040 | 542,696 | Sweden |
| 1910s | 83,237 | 655,497 | 572,260 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 93,007 | 683,295 | 590,288 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 110,722 | 696,872 | 586,150 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 128,283 | 708,622 | 580,339 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 148,804 | 831,581 | 682,777 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 186,365 | 869,510 | 683,145 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 248,310 | 795,354 | 547,044 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 293,958 | 802,789 | 508,831 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 374,428 | 754,043 | 379,615 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 454,116 | 708,280 | 254,164 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 516,965 | 714,494 | 197,529 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Papua New Guinea or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 714,494 against 516,965 in Papua New Guinea as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
- 197,529, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Sweden rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Papua New Guinea ranks 140th and Sweden ranks 139th 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.