Data for 1981

Agricultural Land, 1981

Name: Agricultural Land, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1981 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 86.007; Suriname is lowest, at 0.455. The middle country reads 37.037. Against 1980, 123 values changed (80 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1981

HighestUruguay

86.007

LowestSuriname

0.455

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

177countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
177distinct 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	86.007
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	82.724
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.802
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.468
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.524
6	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	76.804
7	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.677
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.823
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	75.724
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74.651
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	73.426
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.425
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.420
14	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	71.342
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.260
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.145
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65.180
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.895
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.507
22	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	62.807
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.479
24	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.199
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.034
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.739
27	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.139
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.676
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.145
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.675
31	France`FRA`Western Europe	58.794
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.754
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.456
34	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.343
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.055
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.806
37	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	57.692
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.679
39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.501
40	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.250
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.158
42	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.126
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.853
44	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.801
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.289
46	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.898
47	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.337
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.851
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.735
50	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.333
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.877
52	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	52.649
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.298
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.901
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.521
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.171
57	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.936
58	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.354
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	47.222
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.059
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.954
62	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.914
63	United States`USA`Northern America	46.748
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.546
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.112
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.915
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.891
68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.884
69	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	45.714
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.775
71	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.444
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.164
74	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.939
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.519
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.716
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.684
78	Colombia`COL`South America	40.836
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.730
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.625
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	40.477
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.542
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.308
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.239
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	38.238
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	37.857
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.808
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.458
89	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.037
90	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.877
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	35.785
92	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.782
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.997
94	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.098
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.059
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.965
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.802
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.477
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.823
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.769
101	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.764
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.172
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.692
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28.621
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.046
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.208
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.841
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.293
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.333
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.316
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.861
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.415
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	23.905
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.854
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.333
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.274
117	Chile`CHL`South America	22.528
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.581
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.125
120	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.340
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.226
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
124	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.037
125	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.964
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.955
127	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.953
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.552
129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.519
130	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.045
131	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.706
132	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.446
134	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.420
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.129
136	Peru`PER`South America	16.107
137	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.945
138	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.355
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.012
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.497
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.665
143	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.833
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.358
145	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
146	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
147	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	10.870
148	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.760
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.747
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.448
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.650
152	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.022
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.000
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.839
155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.630
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.263
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.938
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.713
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.632
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.971
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.836
162	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.823
164	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.253
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.166
166	Guyana`GUY`South America	4.092
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.396
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.196
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.846
170	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.563
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.479
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.108
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.773
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.099
175	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
176	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.688
177	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.455

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay86.007
2Palestine82.724
3Burundi80.802
4Mongolia80.468
5South Africa77.524

Lowest

177Suriname0.455
176Greenland0.688
175Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
174Bahamas1.099
173Papua New Guinea1.773

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.037. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 177 in both
80 · 43rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Guam33.333 → 37.037+3.704
New Zealand55.414 → 57.679+2.265
Gambia55.632 → 57.806+2.174
Rwanda69.518 → 71.342+1.824
Costa Rica49.275 → 50.901+1.626

Fell most

El Salvador63.316 → 61.139−2.177
Algeria18.403 → 16.446−1.956
Singapore11.940 → 10.448−1.493
Pakistan48.537 → 47.354−1.183
Trinidad and Tobago19.688 → 18.519−1.170

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 1981.
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) (1981). Agricultural Land, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1981

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