Paraguay vs Yemen: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Paraguay
20.27 million
in 2010
Yemen
19.37 million
in 2010
Paraguay rank
43rd
Yemen rank
44th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Paraguay
- Yemen
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 20.27 million against 19.37 million in Yemen, a difference of 900,800.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Yemen ahead.
Paraguay ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Paraguay | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.85 million | 5.96 million | 4.11 million | Yemen |
| 1790s | 1.92 million | 6.14 million | 4.22 million | Yemen |
| 1800s | 2.00 million | 6.33 million | 4.33 million | Yemen |
| 1810s | 2.30 million | 6.53 million | 4.23 million | Yemen |
| 1820s | 2.61 million | 6.74 million | 4.13 million | Yemen |
| 1830s | 2.91 million | 6.94 million | 4.03 million | Yemen |
| 1840s | 3.20 million | 7.22 million | 4.02 million | Yemen |
| 1850s | 3.48 million | 7.52 million | 4.03 million | Yemen |
| 1860s | 3.66 million | 7.82 million | 4.16 million | Yemen |
| 1870s | 3.82 million | 8.15 million | 4.33 million | Yemen |
| 1880s | 3.98 million | 8.63 million | 4.65 million | Yemen |
| 1890s | 4.21 million | 9.14 million | 4.93 million | Yemen |
| 1900s | 4.40 million | 9.67 million | 5.28 million | Yemen |
| 1910s | 5.76 million | 10.23 million | 4.48 million | Yemen |
| 1920s | 7.19 million | 11.25 million | 4.05 million | Yemen |
| 1930s | 8.58 million | 12.33 million | 3.75 million | Yemen |
| 1940s | 9.96 million | 13.48 million | 3.52 million | Yemen |
| 1950s | 11.21 million | 14.71 million | 3.50 million | Yemen |
| 1960s | 14.32 million | 18.34 million | 4.01 million | Yemen |
| 1970s | 15.05 million | 18.42 million | 3.37 million | Yemen |
| 1980s | 16.93 million | 18.47 million | 1.54 million | Yemen |
| 1990s | 20.50 million | 19.26 million | 1.23 million | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 19.31 million | 19.30 million | 10,000 | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 20.27 million | 19.37 million | 900,800 | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Paraguay or Yemen?
- Paraguay, at 20.27 million against 19.37 million in Yemen as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Paraguay and Yemen?
- 900,800, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Yemen?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Paraguay and Yemen rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Paraguay ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th 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.