Thailand vs Zambia: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Thailand
17.71 million
in 2010
Zambia
16.98 million
in 2010
Thailand rank
48th
Zambia rank
49th
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Thailand
- Zambia
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 17.71 million against 16.98 million in Zambia, a difference of 732,900.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Zambia ahead.
Thailand ranks 48th and Zambia ranks 49th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Thailand averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 20.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Thailand | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 553,304 | 2.22 million | 1.67 million | Zambia |
| 1790s | 585,537 | 2.30 million | 1.72 million | Zambia |
| 1800s | 619,411 | 2.39 million | 1.77 million | Zambia |
| 1810s | 690,907 | 2.48 million | 1.79 million | Zambia |
| 1820s | 765,848 | 2.65 million | 1.88 million | Zambia |
| 1830s | 844,989 | 2.83 million | 1.98 million | Zambia |
| 1840s | 929,837 | 3.02 million | 2.09 million | Zambia |
| 1850s | 1.35 million | 3.24 million | 1.89 million | Zambia |
| 1860s | 1.49 million | 3.46 million | 1.98 million | Zambia |
| 1870s | 1.65 million | 3.90 million | 2.25 million | Zambia |
| 1880s | 1.82 million | 4.39 million | 2.57 million | Zambia |
| 1890s | 2.30 million | 4.95 million | 2.65 million | Zambia |
| 1900s | 2.78 million | 5.57 million | 2.79 million | Zambia |
| 1910s | 3.24 million | 6.95 million | 3.72 million | Zambia |
| 1920s | 3.72 million | 8.66 million | 4.94 million | Zambia |
| 1930s | 5.09 million | 10.78 million | 5.69 million | Zambia |
| 1940s | 6.48 million | 13.46 million | 6.98 million | Zambia |
| 1950s | 7.85 million | 16.60 million | 8.75 million | Zambia |
| 1960s | 10.87 million | 20.48 million | 9.61 million | Zambia |
| 1970s | 13.07 million | 14.34 million | 1.27 million | Zambia |
| 1980s | 16.92 million | 14.32 million | 2.60 million | Thailand |
| 1990s | 18.58 million | 14.65 million | 3.93 million | Thailand |
| 2000s | 18.18 million | 15.76 million | 2.41 million | Thailand |
| 2010s | 17.71 million | 16.98 million | 732,900 | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Thailand or Zambia?
- Thailand, at 17.71 million against 16.98 million in Zambia as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Thailand and Zambia?
- 732,900, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Zambia?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Thailand and Zambia rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Thailand ranks 48th and Zambia ranks 49th 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.