Somalia vs Ukraine: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Somalia
41.38 million
in 2010
Ukraine
39.54 million
in 2010
Somalia rank
19th
Ukraine rank
21st

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Somalia
  • Ukraine
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 41.38 million against 39.54 million in Ukraine, a difference of 1.84 million.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Ukraine ahead.

Somalia ranks 19th and Ukraine ranks 21st of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 3 and Ukraine in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia Ukraine Difference Ahead
1780s 4.21 million 10.67 million 6.46 million Ukraine
1790s 4.54 million 11.06 million 6.52 million Ukraine
1800s 4.90 million 11.46 million 6.56 million Ukraine
1810s 5.28 million 11.87 million 6.59 million Ukraine
1820s 5.71 million 12.48 million 6.77 million Ukraine
1830s 6.48 million 13.15 million 6.67 million Ukraine
1840s 7.24 million 14.07 million 6.83 million Ukraine
1850s 8.08 million 14.50 million 6.42 million Ukraine
1860s 9.02 million 16.22 million 7.21 million Ukraine
1870s 10.15 million 17.87 million 7.71 million Ukraine
1880s 11.43 million 20.59 million 9.16 million Ukraine
1890s 12.87 million 23.71 million 10.84 million Ukraine
1900s 14.49 million 28.16 million 13.67 million Ukraine
1910s 16.28 million 33.92 million 17.64 million Ukraine
1920s 19.11 million 33.87 million 14.75 million Ukraine
1930s 22.44 million 31.65 million 9.21 million Ukraine
1940s 26.35 million 33.13 million 6.77 million Ukraine
1950s 30.97 million 38.06 million 7.09 million Ukraine
1960s 41.02 million 42.83 million 1.81 million Ukraine
1970s 41.07 million 41.85 million 779,600 Ukraine
1980s 41.12 million 41.48 million 364,800 Ukraine
1990s 41.12 million 40.26 million 864,400 Somalia
2000s 41.16 million 40.04 million 1.12 million Somalia
2010s 41.38 million 39.54 million 1.84 million Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Somalia or Ukraine?
Somalia, at 41.38 million against 39.54 million in Ukraine as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Somalia and Ukraine?
1.84 million, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Ukraine?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Somalia and Ukraine rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Somalia ranks 19th and Ukraine ranks 21st 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.