Data for 1961

Agricultural Land, 1961

Name: Agricultural Land, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1961 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 93.44; Suriname is lowest, at 0.26. The middle country reads 32.95.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1961

HighestUruguay

93.44

LowestSuriname

0.26

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

177countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
175distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 1961, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Agricultural Land, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Uruguay`URY`South America	93.44
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.91
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	85.35
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	85.01
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	83.53
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.84
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	81.30
8	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	79.57
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.00
10	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	78.67
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.83
12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.32
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	69.99
14	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	69.45
15	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.15
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	69.12
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	68.04
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.49
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	66.35
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.16
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.71
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	64.09
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.39
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.76
26	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	61.33
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.43
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.23
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.05
30	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.48
31	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.84
32	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	57.88
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.14
34	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	57.02
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.44
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.39
=37	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.25
=37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.25
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.13
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.66
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.50
42	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	55.32
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.94
44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.30
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.36
46	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.78
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.42
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	51.28
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.05
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.58
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.36
52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.99
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.48
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.22
55	United States`USA`Northern America	48.86
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.77
57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.15
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.45
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.94
60	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.35
61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.88
62	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.45
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	45.33
64	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	45.13
65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.96
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.91
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.20
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.97
70	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	43.93
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43.72
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.53
73	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	43.09
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.35
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.08
76	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	40.00
77	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.34
78	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.02
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.50
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.47
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.46
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.39
83	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.24
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.19
85	Colombia`COL`South America	36.03
86	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	34.29
87	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.94
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	33.05
89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.95
90	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.89
91	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	29.63
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.35
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.50
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.87
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.73
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.48
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.32
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.63
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.20
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.98
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.97
102	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.86
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	25.84
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.64
105	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.87
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.85
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.69
108	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.61
109	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.81
110	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	22.73
111	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.67
112	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.91
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	21.85
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.80
115	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.15
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	20.90
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.12
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.93
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.79
120	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.39
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.33
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.09
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.91
124	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.78
125	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.48
126	Chile`CHL`South America	18.00
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.41
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.24
129	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.01
=130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.67
=130	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.13
133	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.96
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15.89
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.47
136	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	15.00
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.49
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.28
139	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.73
140	Peru`PER`South America	13.35
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.54
142	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.42
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.28
144	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	12.02
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.91
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.25
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.11
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.05
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.87
150	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.40
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.65
152	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.39
153	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.08
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.61
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.73
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.61
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.58
158	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.41
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.91
160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.90
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.72
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.51
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6.35
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.24
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.39
166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.98
167	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.46
168	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.34
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.93
170	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.83
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.58
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.96
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.12
174	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.05
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.00
176	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.69
177	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.26

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay93.44
2Mongolia90.91
3Eswatini85.35
4Lesotho85.01
5South Africa83.53

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.
175 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 56.25. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

04The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Agricultural Land, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1961

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