Data for 1984

Agricultural Land, 1984

Name: Agricultural Land, 1984
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1984, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1984 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.487; Suriname is lowest, at 0.480. The middle country reads 36.555. Against 1983, 125 values changed (89 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1984

HighestUruguay

85.487

LowestSuriname

0.480

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

177countries
1measure
1984the 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.487
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	83.555
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.525
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.218
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.515
6	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	77.284
7	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	76.031
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.791
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	75.237
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.779
11	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73.287
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.919
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.443
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.375
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.032
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.169
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65.839
20	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.086
21	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64.912
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.335
23	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.774
24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.180
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.834
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.325
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.029
28	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.131
29	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	60.000
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.683
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.291
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	59.108
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.631
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	58.462
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.456
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.344
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.055
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	57.555
39	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.188
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.720
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.621
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.570
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.292
44	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	56.250
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.158
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.126
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.790
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.966
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.440
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.951
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.819
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.370
53	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	52.311
54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.972
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	50.000
56	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.481
57	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.936
58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	48.872
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.646
60	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.148
61	United States`USA`Northern America	47.101
62	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	47.059
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.960
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.547
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.899
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.888
67	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.833
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.686
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.444
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.393
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.044
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.617
74	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.434
75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	42.994
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	42.321
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.349
78	Colombia`COL`South America	40.880
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.625
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.620
81	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	40.000
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.247
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.357
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.293
85	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.239
86	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.037
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.852
88	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.757
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.555
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.288
91	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.815
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.321
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	35.246
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.997
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	33.871
96	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	33.556
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.267
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.047
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.849
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.916
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	30.769
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	30.208
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.288
104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.768
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.727
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.562
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.202
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.667
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	26.446
110	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.293
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	26.206
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.063
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.333
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.299
115	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.250
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.108
117	Chile`CHL`South America	22.191
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.606
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.230
120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.621
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.453
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.330
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.697
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19.435
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.272
128	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.953
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.560
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.062
131	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
132	Peru`PER`South America	16.641
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.631
134	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.570
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.129
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.947
137	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.876
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.864
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.245
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.425
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.043
143	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.937
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.900
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.402
146	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
147	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
148	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.075
149	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.537
150	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.650
151	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.503
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.091
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.955
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.865
155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.761
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.964
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.945
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.736
159	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.688
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.062
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.810
162	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.082
164	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.253
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.845
166	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.593
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.422
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.267
169	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.612
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.469
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.467
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.287
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.782
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	0.480

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay85.487
2Palestine83.555
3Mongolia80.525
4Burundi80.218
5South Africa77.515

Lowest

177Suriname0.480
176Greenland0.688
175Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
174Bahamas1.099
173Papua New Guinea1.782

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.555. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 177 in both
89 · 36rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala29.106 → 35.321+6.215
Comoros53.735 → 59.108+5.373
Saudi Arabia40.597 → 42.994+2.397
Pakistan47.230 → 48.646+1.415
Costa Rica52.526 → 53.819+1.293

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe35.417 → 30.208−5.208
Saint Kitts and Nevis53.846 → 50.000−3.846
Gambia58.004 → 56.621−1.383
Eswatini74.884 → 73.779−1.105
Jordan12.897 → 11.900−0.996

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 1984.
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) (1984). Agricultural Land, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1984

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