Data for 1976

Agricultural Land, 1976

Name: Agricultural Land, 1976
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

1976, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1976 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 87.08; Suriname is lowest, at 0.37. The middle country reads 35.99. Against 1975, 122 values changed (80 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1976

HighestUruguay

87.08

LowestSuriname

0.37

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

177countries
1measure
1976the 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	87.08
2	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.58
3	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	81.23
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	81.14
5	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	79.71
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.70
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.54
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	77.34
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.81
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.75
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.12
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.33
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.71
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.43
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.11
16	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.15
17	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
18	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.44
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	65.18
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.93
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.09
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.68
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.61
24	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61.58
25	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.53
26	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.50
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	60.83
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.68
29	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.42
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.60
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.41
32	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	59.12
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.00
34	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	58.82
35	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.34
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.51
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.45
38	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.25
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.16
40	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.13
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.03
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.02
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.84
44	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	55.58
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.51
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.73
47	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.33
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.14
49	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	52.95
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52.74
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	51.96
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.86
53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.05
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.18
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.25
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.94
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.98
58	United States`USA`Northern America	46.97
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.95
60	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.91
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	46.81
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.55
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.33
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.88
65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.83
66	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.94
67	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	44.44
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.43
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.10
71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.31
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.29
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	43.18
=74	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	42.86
=74	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	42.86
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.56
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.49
78	Colombia`COL`South America	40.68
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.63
80	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.35
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.23
82	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	38.58
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.54
84	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.27
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	38.21
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.20
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.32
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.81
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.99
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.35
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.02
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	32.79
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.74
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.44
95	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.48
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.93
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.46
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.16
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.92
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	29.37
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	28.33
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.15
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.34
104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.26
105	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.29
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.64
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.46
108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.33
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	24.58
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.49
111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	24.38
112	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.53
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.51
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.33
115	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.21
116	Chile`CHL`South America	23.13
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.23
118	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.66
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.65
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.45
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.07
122	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00
123	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.35
124	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19.32
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.27
126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.25
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.48
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.12
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.00
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.35
131	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.12
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.84
133	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.13
135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.86
136	Peru`PER`South America	15.22
137	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.50
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.49
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.45
140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.23
141	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.51
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.66
143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.94
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.78
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.29
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.25
147	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.13
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.11
149	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.87
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.34
151	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.90
152	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.65
153	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.17
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.58
155	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.52
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.10
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.89
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.58
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.51
160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	7.04
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.85
162	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.56
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.38
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.48
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.42
166	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.73
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.39
168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.23
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.04
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.74
171	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.45
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.96
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.65
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.10
175	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.05
176	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.69
177	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.37

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay87.08
2Burundi81.58
3Palestine81.23
4Mongolia81.14
5Eswatini79.71

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 177 in both
80 · 42rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini76.34 → 79.71+3.37
Bulgaria53.83 → 56.02+2.20
Cuba54.10 → 55.84+1.74
Costa Rica41.56 → 43.18+1.63
Philippines30.83 → 32.44+1.62

Fell most

Mongolia90.91 → 81.14−9.78
Andorra51.06 → 48.94−2.13
Guyana7.00 → 5.38−1.62
Tonga47.22 → 45.83−1.39
Spain63.89 → 63.09−0.80

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 1976.
176 distinct values among 177
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 42.86. 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) (1976). Agricultural Land, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1976

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