Timor-Leste vs Western Sahara: Has the world passed peak agricultural land?
Has the world passed peak agricultural land? over time
- Timor-Leste
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 258,097 against 199,650 in Western Sahara, a difference of 58,447.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.3 times Western Sahara's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 147th and Western Sahara ranks 150th of 179 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 19 and Western Sahara in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 68,345 | 4,102 | 64,243 | Timor-Leste |
| 1790s | 68,497 | 4,295 | 64,202 | Timor-Leste |
| 1800s | 68,711 | 4,767 | 63,943 | Timor-Leste |
| 1810s | 68,832 | 5,044 | 63,788 | Timor-Leste |
| 1820s | 72,616 | 5,321 | 67,295 | Timor-Leste |
| 1830s | 79,819 | 5,958 | 73,861 | Timor-Leste |
| 1840s | 84,427 | 6,456 | 77,971 | Timor-Leste |
| 1850s | 89,310 | 6,982 | 82,328 | Timor-Leste |
| 1860s | 94,894 | 7,730 | 87,164 | Timor-Leste |
| 1870s | 97,518 | 8,450 | 89,068 | Timor-Leste |
| 1880s | 100,172 | 9,086 | 91,086 | Timor-Leste |
| 1890s | 103,284 | 9,918 | 93,366 | Timor-Leste |
| 1900s | 106,518 | 10,972 | 95,546 | Timor-Leste |
| 1910s | 109,688 | 11,832 | 97,856 | Timor-Leste |
| 1920s | 126,927 | 23,266 | 103,661 | Timor-Leste |
| 1930s | 127,812 | 47,637 | 80,175 | Timor-Leste |
| 1940s | 137,387 | 99,544 | 37,844 | Timor-Leste |
| 1950s | 143,273 | 186,875 | 43,602 | Western Sahara |
| 1960s | 166,859 | 1.18 million | 1.01 million | Western Sahara |
| 1970s | 170,890 | 1.18 million | 1.01 million | Western Sahara |
| 1980s | 199,576 | 1.20 million | 996,894 | Western Sahara |
| 1990s | 240,889 | 1.22 million | 977,591 | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 239,547 | 200,487 | 39,060 | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 258,097 | 199,650 | 58,447 | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher has the world passed peak agricultural land?, Timor-Leste or Western Sahara?
- Timor-Leste, at 258,097 against 199,650 in Western Sahara as of 2010.
- What is the difference in has the world passed peak agricultural land? between Timor-Leste and Western Sahara?
- 58,447, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Western Sahara?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1780 to 2010.
- How do Timor-Leste and Western Sahara rank globally for has the world passed peak agricultural land??
- Timor-Leste ranks 147th and Western Sahara ranks 150th 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.