Data for 1968

Agricultural Land, 1968

Name: Agricultural Land, 1968
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1968 covers 177 countries. Mongolia is highest, at 90.913; Suriname is lowest, at 0.268. The middle country reads 36.264. Against 1967, 115 values changed (76 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1968

HighestMongolia

90.913

LowestSuriname

0.268

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

177countries
1measure
1968the 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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.913
2	Uruguay`URY`South America	89.830
3	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	87.093
4	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	83.432
5	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.296
6	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	80.066
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.077
8	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.709
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.425
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	74.280
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	73.028
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.931
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.042
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.718
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.209
16	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.851
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.194
20	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	65.265
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.000
22	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.706
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	64.570
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.346
25	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	63.811
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	61.560
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	61.502
28	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.735
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	60.215
30	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.068
31	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.991
32	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.231
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.664
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.143
35	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.544
36	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.536
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.396
38	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.250
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.126
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.115
41	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	56.060
42	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	55.319
43	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.237
44	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	54.737
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.680
46	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.333
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	53.159
48	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	52.470
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.420
50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.048
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.936
52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.313
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.294
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.672
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.856
56	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.218
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	47.738
58	United States`USA`Northern America	47.581
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	47.402
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.354
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	47.223
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.945
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.914
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.879
65	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	45.455
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.255
67	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.326
68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.075
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	44.013
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.750
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.745
73	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	43.398
74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.056
75	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	42.857
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.765
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	42.656
78	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	40.709
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.164
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	39.319
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	38.921
82	Colombia`COL`South America	38.779
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.346
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.016
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.500
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.012
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.769
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.592
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.264
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.608
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.968
92	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.481
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	31.148
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.873
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.481
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.749
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.205
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.913
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.764
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.715
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.114
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	27.080
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.816
104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.547
105	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.003
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.569
107	Niger`NER`Western Africa	25.402
108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.333
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.944
110	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.290
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.076
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.585
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.400
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	22.261
115	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.884
116	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	21.147
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.543
118	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.264
120	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
121	Chile`CHL`South America	19.741
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.561
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.103
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.559
125	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18.536
126	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.515
127	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.038
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	17.910
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.769
130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.104
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.754
=132	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.667
=132	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.476
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.129
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	15.602
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.387
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.193
140	Peru`PER`South America	13.913
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.745
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.455
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	11.987
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.802
145	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.725
146	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.263
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.138
149	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
150	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.870
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.650
152	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.475
153	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.270
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.135
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.919
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.721
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.576
158	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7.169
159	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.075
160	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.944
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.917
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.369
163	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.843
165	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.554
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.393
167	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.551
168	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.360
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.957
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.814
171	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.721
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.965
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.296
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	0.268

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mongolia90.913
2Uruguay89.830
3Eswatini87.093
4Lesotho83.432
5United Kingdom80.296

Lowest

177Suriname0.268
176Greenland0.688
175Bahamas0.999
174Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
173Papua New Guinea1.296

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.264. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 177 in both
76 · 39rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Australia63.728 → 66.851+3.123
Mauritius51.724 → 54.680+2.956
Costa Rica32.041 → 33.608+1.567
Malawi38.237 → 39.319+1.082
Sri Lanka35.959 → 37.012+1.052

Fell most

Bermuda7.407 → 5.556−1.852
Lesotho85.079 → 83.432−1.647
Singapore19.403 → 17.910−1.493
Syria74.165 → 73.028−1.137
France62.397 → 61.560−0.837

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

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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 1968.
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) (1968). Agricultural Land, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1968

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