Dietary land use vs. GDP per capita

This chart is part of a collection of research. For more information, see How much of the world’s land would we need in order to feed the global population with the average diet of a given country?.

Dietary land use vs. GDP per capitaThe share of global habitable land which would be required for agriculture if everyone in the world adopted the average diet of a given country versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, measured in 2011 international-$. We currently use approximately 50% of habitable land for agriculture, as shown by the horizontal line.Interactive visualization requires JavaScript