Sweden vs Taiwan: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?

Sweden
714,494
in 2010
Taiwan
999,568
in 2010
Sweden rank
139th
Taiwan rank
137th

Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time

  • Sweden
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 999,568 against 714,494 in Sweden, a difference of 285,074.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.4 times Sweden's.

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

Sweden ranks 139th and Taiwan ranks 137th of 179 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 19 and Taiwan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Taiwan Difference Ahead
1780s 347,853 91,978 255,874 Sweden
1790s 357,949 96,962 260,987 Sweden
1800s 366,624 102,202 264,422 Sweden
1810s 364,953 108,065 256,888 Sweden
1820s 388,271 114,126 274,145 Sweden
1830s 419,015 117,922 301,093 Sweden
1840s 446,941 122,511 324,430 Sweden
1850s 485,054 127,355 357,699 Sweden
1860s 510,075 136,419 373,656 Sweden
1870s 548,970 141,234 407,736 Sweden
1880s 585,106 146,360 438,746 Sweden
1890s 593,305 151,685 441,620 Sweden
1900s 622,040 173,320 448,720 Sweden
1910s 655,497 198,044 457,453 Sweden
1920s 683,295 226,081 457,214 Sweden
1930s 696,872 283,534 413,338 Sweden
1940s 708,622 357,224 351,398 Sweden
1950s 831,581 545,845 285,736 Sweden
1960s 869,510 757,250 112,260 Sweden
1970s 795,354 861,097 65,743 Taiwan
1980s 802,789 918,563 115,774 Taiwan
1990s 754,043 1.01 million 257,107 Taiwan
2000s 708,280 981,865 273,585 Taiwan
2010s 714,494 999,568 285,074 Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Sweden or Taiwan?
Taiwan, at 999,568 against 714,494 in Sweden as of 2010.
What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Sweden and Taiwan?
285,074, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Taiwan?
24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
How do Sweden and Taiwan rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
Sweden ranks 139th and Taiwan ranks 137th 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.