Data for 1980

Agricultural Land, 1980

Name: Agricultural Land, 1980
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1980, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1980 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 86.17; Suriname is lowest, at 0.43. The middle country reads 35.91. Against 1979, 126 values changed (81 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1980

HighestUruguay

86.17

LowestSuriname

0.43

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

177countries
1measure
1980the year it describes
177distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.17
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	82.06
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.31
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.51
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.53
6	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.72
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	76.52
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.34
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.63
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	75.06
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	73.71
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.63
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.59
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.22
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.14
16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	69.52
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.15
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
19	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.96
20	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.82
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.52
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.32
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.54
24	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	62.11
25	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.08
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.06
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	61.97
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.63
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.34
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.71
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	58.86
32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.75
33	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.34
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.32
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.06
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.69
37	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.51
38	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.25
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.16
40	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.13
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.87
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.80
43	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.63
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.41
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.28
46	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.47
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.23
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.73
49	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	53.55
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.45
51	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.33
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	53.04
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.30
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.51
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.13
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.28
57	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.94
58	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.54
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	47.22
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.06
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.95
62	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.91
63	United States`USA`Northern America	46.75
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.55
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.92
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.89
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.88
68	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	45.71
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.55
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.76
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.44
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.10
74	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.94
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.49
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.83
77	Colombia`COL`South America	40.82
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.80
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.63
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	40.62
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.45
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.54
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.29
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.24
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	38.06
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.74
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.46
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.07
89	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.91
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.63
91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.43
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.87
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	33.61
94	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	33.33
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.04
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.44
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.12
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.98
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.81
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.77
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.35
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.11
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.57
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28.46
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.82
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.70
107	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.29
108	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.15
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.33
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	24.95
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.63
112	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.25
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.83
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.40
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.33
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.29
117	Chile`CHL`South America	22.66
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.58
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.07
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.45
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.24
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.02
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00
124	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.69
125	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.95
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.89
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.76
128	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.56
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.40
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.30
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.77
132	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.79
133	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.13
135	Peru`PER`South America	15.93
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.89
137	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.87
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.01
139	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.97
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.50
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.49
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.77
143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.94
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.83
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.34
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.25
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.11
148	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.87
149	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.83
150	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.50
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.65
152	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.09
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.00
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.84
155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.57
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.33
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.96
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.71
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.58
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.96
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.88
162	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.56
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.74
164	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.35
165	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.21
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.20
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.40
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.14
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.85
170	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.56
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.46
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.11
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.76
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	0.43

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay86.17
2Palestine82.06
3Burundi81.31
4Mongolia80.51
5South Africa77.53

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 177 in both
81 · 45rose · fell
51unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis42.86 → 57.69+14.84
United States Virgin Islands42.86 → 45.71+2.86
Morocco62.75 → 64.82+2.07
Costa Rica47.85 → 49.28+1.43
Pakistan47.14 → 48.54+1.40

Fell most

Grenada55.88 → 47.06−8.82
Malta43.75 → 40.63−3.13
Eswatini77.91 → 75.06−2.85
Tunisia59.82 → 58.32−1.49
Malawi42.11 → 40.62−1.48

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 1980.
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.

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1980). Agricultural Land, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1980

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