Data for 1965

Agricultural Land, 1965

Name: Agricultural Land, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1965 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 91.264; Suriname is lowest, at 0.293. The middle country reads 34.380. Against 1964, 120 values changed (84 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1965

HighestUruguay

91.264

LowestSuriname

0.293

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

177countries
1measure
1965the year it describes
176distinct 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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	91.264
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.913
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	86.279
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	84.914
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.953
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.640
7	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	79.568
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	77.805
9	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.238
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.825
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	74.034
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.018
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.498
14	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	68.658
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.338
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.324
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.567
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.417
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	65.121
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.706
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.214
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.296
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	63.240
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	63.087
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	60.958
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.606
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.130
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.592
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.218
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.260
33	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.124
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.143
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.536
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.330
37	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.250
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.153
39	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	56.140
40	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.126
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.951
42	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	55.319
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.925
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.712
45	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	53.086
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.364
47	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.174
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.420
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.048
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.493
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.402
52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.329
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.754
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.402
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.460
56	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.302
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	48.153
58	United States`USA`Northern America	47.590
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.941
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.814
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.574
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.951
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.879
64	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	45.714
65	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.455
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.146
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.283
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.031
70	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.750
71	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.577
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43.506
73	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	43.048
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.612
75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.346
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	41.980
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.667
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.128
79	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	40.000
80	Colombia`COL`South America	38.763
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.346
82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.216
83	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.016
84	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.771
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.500
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.512
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.492
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.245
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.380
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.968
91	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.481
92	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.874
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.481
94	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.454
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.508
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.234
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.205
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.615
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.265
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.241
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.857
102	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.669
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.249
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.994
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.328
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.140
107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.868
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.846
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24.000
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.752
111	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.616
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.303
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.123
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	21.908
115	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.147
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.553
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.547
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.395
120	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
121	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	19.403
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.392
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.103
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.100
125	Chile`CHL`South America	18.922
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.544
127	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.496
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.661
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.414
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.086
=131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.667
=131	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.374
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.193
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.129
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.467
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.333
139	Peru`PER`South America	13.929
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.265
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.745
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.375
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.206
144	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.948
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.854
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.094
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.870
150	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.645
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.650
152	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.449
153	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.329
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.270
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.833
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.673
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.576
158	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.407
159	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.093
160	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.909
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6.817
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.743
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.282
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.021
165	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.554
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.393
167	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.507
168	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.347
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.943
170	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.768
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.684
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.965
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.215
174	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
175	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.999
176	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.688
177	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.293

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay91.264
2Mongolia90.913
3Eswatini86.279
4Lesotho84.914
5United Kingdom80.953

Lowest

177Suriname0.293
176Greenland0.688
175Bahamas0.999
174Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
173Papua New Guinea1.215

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.380. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 177 in both
84 · 36rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Nauru15.000 → 20.000+5.000
Puerto Rico65.953 → 68.658+2.706
Malawi36.063 → 38.216+2.153
Samoa20.141 → 21.908+1.767
Lebanon56.696 → 58.260+1.564

Fell most

Malta46.875 → 43.750−3.125
Syria80.825 → 77.805−3.020
Greece69.752 → 67.324−2.428
Jamaica49.215 → 46.814−2.401
Cuba44.274 → 42.346−1.927

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1965.
176 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 16.667. 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.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1965). Agricultural Land, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1965

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