Data for 1966

Agricultural Land, 1966

Name: Agricultural Land, 1966
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1966, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1966 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 90.93; Suriname is lowest, at 0.27. The middle country reads 35.16. Against 1965, 116 values changed (80 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1966

HighestUruguay

90.93

LowestSuriname

0.27

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

177countries
1measure
1966the 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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	90.93
2	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.91
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	86.80
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	85.08
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.81
6	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	79.73
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.49
8	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.96
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.68
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	74.16
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	74.13
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.52
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.03
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.38
15	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.15
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.00
17	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.59
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	65.50
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	65.12
21	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.71
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.40
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.34
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.40
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	63.12
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	62.80
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.14
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.65
29	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.18
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.71
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.68
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.26
33	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.19
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.14
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.54
36	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.38
37	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.25
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.14
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.13
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.94
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	55.42
42	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.33
43	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	55.32
44	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	54.39
45	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.33
46	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	53.09
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.45
48	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.27
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.42
50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.05
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.66
52	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.37
53	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.26
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.47
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.77
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.70
57	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.54
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.85
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.74
60	United States`USA`Northern America	47.55
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.94
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.88
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.95
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.88
65	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	45.71
66	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.45
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.26
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.30
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.05
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.75
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.58
73	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43.29
74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.06
75	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	42.90
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.68
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	41.99
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	41.27
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.14
80	Colombia`COL`South America	38.77
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.75
82	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.35
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.15
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.02
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.50
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.56
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.52
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.25
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	35.16
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.97
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.02
92	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.48
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.87
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.48
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.75
96	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.51
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.21
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.65
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.51
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.26
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.95
102	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.71
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.38
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.00
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.86
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.33
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.25
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.87
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.85
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.26
111	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.00
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.44
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.20
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	21.91
115	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.15
116	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.00
117	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.55
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.45
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.41
120	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.41
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	19.40
123	Chile`CHL`South America	19.15
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.10
125	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18.81
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.54
127	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.51
128	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.75
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.41
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.09
=131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.67
=131	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.50
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.43
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.13
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.47
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.49
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.33
139	Peru`PER`South America	13.87
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.53
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.75
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.40
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.21
144	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.87
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.82
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.25
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.11
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.10
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.87
150	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.68
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.65
152	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.39
153	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.32
154	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.27
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.88
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.69
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.58
158	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.41
159	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.11
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6.94
161	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.93
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.80
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.33
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.95
165	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.39
166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.36
167	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.55
168	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.35
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.96
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.79
171	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.75
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.96
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.21
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	0.27

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay90.93
2Mongolia90.91
3Eswatini86.80
4Lesotho85.08
5United Kingdom80.81

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.16. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 177 in both
80 · 36rose · fell
61unchanged

Rose most

British Virgin Islands40.00 → 53.33+13.33
Greece67.32 → 70.52+3.20
Costa Rica30.45 → 32.02+1.57
Tonga41.67 → 43.06+1.39
Dominica24.00 → 25.33+1.33

Fell most

Syria77.80 → 74.16−3.64
Puerto Rico68.66 → 65.50−3.16
Isle of Man56.14 → 54.39−1.75
Spain65.42 → 64.34−1.08
Mauritius49.75 → 48.77−0.99

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 1966.
176 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 16.67. 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) (1966). Agricultural Land, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1966

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