Senegal vs Viet Nam: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Senegal
7.72 million
in 2010
Viet Nam
6.73 million
in 2010
Senegal rank
74th
Viet Nam rank
76th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Senegal
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 7.72 million against 6.73 million in Viet Nam, a difference of 992,220.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Senegal ahead.
Senegal ranks 74th and Viet Nam ranks 76th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 16 and Viet Nam in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 1.65 million | 707,776 | 941,254 | Senegal |
| 1790s | 1.61 million | 755,134 | 858,206 | Senegal |
| 1800s | 1.58 million | 806,386 | 772,274 | Senegal |
| 1810s | 1.55 million | 863,568 | 682,512 | Senegal |
| 1820s | 1.59 million | 920,517 | 665,863 | Senegal |
| 1830s | 1.63 million | 1.04 million | 587,300 | Senegal |
| 1840s | 1.67 million | 1.17 million | 505,440 | Senegal |
| 1850s | 1.72 million | 1.30 million | 421,150 | Senegal |
| 1860s | 1.76 million | 1.42 million | 343,240 | Senegal |
| 1870s | 1.83 million | 1.55 million | 283,520 | Senegal |
| 1880s | 1.91 million | 1.88 million | 29,250 | Senegal |
| 1890s | 1.98 million | 2.22 million | 236,980 | Viet Nam |
| 1900s | 2.06 million | 2.57 million | 501,090 | Viet Nam |
| 1910s | 2.15 million | 2.91 million | 767,900 | Viet Nam |
| 1920s | 2.60 million | 3.26 million | 655,960 | Viet Nam |
| 1930s | 3.16 million | 3.62 million | 456,320 | Viet Nam |
| 1940s | 3.83 million | 3.99 million | 155,090 | Viet Nam |
| 1950s | 4.46 million | 4.38 million | 72,430 | Senegal |
| 1960s | 5.75 million | 5.48 million | 273,320 | Senegal |
| 1970s | 5.41 million | 5.58 million | 167,590 | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 5.76 million | 5.93 million | 171,110 | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 6.88 million | 5.86 million | 1.02 million | Senegal |
| 2000s | 7.31 million | 6.29 million | 1.02 million | Senegal |
| 2010s | 7.72 million | 6.73 million | 992,220 | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Senegal or Viet Nam?
- Senegal, at 7.72 million against 6.73 million in Viet Nam as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Senegal and Viet Nam?
- 992,220, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Viet Nam?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Senegal and Viet Nam rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Senegal ranks 74th and Viet Nam ranks 76th 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.