Syria vs Zimbabwe: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Syria
13.18 million
in 2010
Zimbabwe
11.99 million
in 2010
Syria rank
54th
Zimbabwe rank
57th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Syria
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Syria currently reports 13.18 million against 11.99 million in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.20 million.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Syria ahead.
Syria ranks 54th and Zimbabwe ranks 57th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 22 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Syria | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 4.45 million | 1.90 million | 2.55 million | Syria |
| 1790s | 4.43 million | 2.04 million | 2.39 million | Syria |
| 1800s | 4.42 million | 2.20 million | 2.21 million | Syria |
| 1810s | 4.40 million | 2.38 million | 2.02 million | Syria |
| 1820s | 4.39 million | 2.57 million | 1.82 million | Syria |
| 1830s | 4.54 million | 2.79 million | 1.75 million | Syria |
| 1840s | 4.65 million | 3.02 million | 1.63 million | Syria |
| 1850s | 4.77 million | 3.29 million | 1.48 million | Syria |
| 1860s | 4.89 million | 3.58 million | 1.31 million | Syria |
| 1870s | 5.01 million | 3.89 million | 1.12 million | Syria |
| 1880s | 5.61 million | 4.25 million | 1.36 million | Syria |
| 1890s | 6.20 million | 4.64 million | 1.56 million | Syria |
| 1900s | 6.05 million | 5.07 million | 977,380 | Syria |
| 1910s | 5.90 million | 5.56 million | 340,000 | Syria |
| 1920s | 5.76 million | 6.10 million | 335,170 | Zimbabwe |
| 1930s | 5.63 million | 6.71 million | 1.07 million | Zimbabwe |
| 1940s | 8.75 million | 7.32 million | 1.43 million | Syria |
| 1950s | 10.57 million | 8.04 million | 2.53 million | Syria |
| 1960s | 13.56 million | 10.63 million | 2.93 million | Syria |
| 1970s | 12.26 million | 10.57 million | 1.69 million | Syria |
| 1980s | 12.83 million | 10.98 million | 1.85 million | Syria |
| 1990s | 12.28 million | 11.59 million | 683,700 | Syria |
| 2000s | 12.81 million | 11.44 million | 1.36 million | Syria |
| 2010s | 13.18 million | 11.99 million | 1.20 million | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Syria or Zimbabwe?
- Syria, at 13.18 million against 11.99 million in Zimbabwe as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Syria and Zimbabwe?
- 1.20 million, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Zimbabwe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Syria and Zimbabwe rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Syria ranks 54th and Zimbabwe ranks 57th 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.