Syria vs Uruguay: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Syria
13.18 million
in 2010
Uruguay
13.28 million
in 2010
Syria rank
54th
Uruguay rank
53rd
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Syria
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 13.28 million against 13.18 million in Syria, a difference of 99,500.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Syria ahead.
Syria ranks 54th and Uruguay ranks 53rd of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 13 and Uruguay in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Syria | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 4.45 million | 124,854 | 4.32 million | Syria |
| 1790s | 4.43 million | 126,491 | 4.31 million | Syria |
| 1800s | 4.42 million | 133,749 | 4.28 million | Syria |
| 1810s | 4.40 million | 151,744 | 4.25 million | Syria |
| 1820s | 4.39 million | 177,443 | 4.21 million | Syria |
| 1830s | 4.54 million | 411,823 | 4.13 million | Syria |
| 1840s | 4.65 million | 587,739 | 4.06 million | Syria |
| 1850s | 4.77 million | 795,542 | 3.97 million | Syria |
| 1860s | 4.89 million | 1.42 million | 3.47 million | Syria |
| 1870s | 5.01 million | 2.04 million | 2.97 million | Syria |
| 1880s | 5.61 million | 2.74 million | 2.86 million | Syria |
| 1890s | 6.20 million | 4.04 million | 2.16 million | Syria |
| 1900s | 6.05 million | 5.37 million | 676,650 | Syria |
| 1910s | 5.90 million | 6.12 million | 217,110 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 5.76 million | 7.84 million | 2.08 million | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 5.63 million | 9.60 million | 3.96 million | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 8.75 million | 11.32 million | 2.57 million | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 10.57 million | 13.01 million | 2.44 million | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 13.56 million | 14.70 million | 1.14 million | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 12.26 million | 13.97 million | 1.71 million | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 12.83 million | 13.94 million | 1.11 million | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 12.28 million | 13.74 million | 1.47 million | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 12.81 million | 13.62 million | 806,800 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 13.18 million | 13.28 million | 99,500 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Syria or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 13.28 million against 13.18 million in Syria as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Syria and Uruguay?
- 99,500, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Uruguay?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Syria and Uruguay rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Syria ranks 54th and Uruguay ranks 53rd 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.