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
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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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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.