Data for 1986

Agricultural Land, 1986

Name: Agricultural Land, 1986
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1986, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1986 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.105; Suriname is lowest, at 0.523. The middle country reads 36.680. Against 1985, 129 values changed (83 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1986

HighestUruguay

85.105

LowestSuriname

0.523

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

177countries
1measure
1986the 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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.105
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	83.389
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.075
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.476
5	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.818
6	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.267
7	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	77.138
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.743
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.461
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.939
11	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	74.179
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.575
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.218
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	70.475
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.328
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.185
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
18	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
19	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	66.491
20	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.092
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.286
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.342
23	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.283
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.638
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.289
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.990
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.942
28	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.724
29	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	60.065
30	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	60.000
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.775
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.179
33	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.141
34	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	59.108
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	58.651
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.344
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	58.252
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.055
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.944
40	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	57.602
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.312
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.812
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.503
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	56.158
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.126
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.735
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.647
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.585
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.320
50	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	52.198
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.183
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	52.152
53	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.389
54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.156
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.002
56	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	50.000
57	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.936
58	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.148
59	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.812
60	United States`USA`Northern America	47.101
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.960
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.547
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.240
64	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46.154
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.143
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.891
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.884
68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.833
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.520
70	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.453
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.044
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.683
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.541
75	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	43.434
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	41.176
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	41.104
78	Colombia`COL`South America	40.915
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	40.664
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.625
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.547
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.055
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.396
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.282
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.268
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.091
87	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.037
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.825
89	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.680
90	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.126
91	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.730
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.321
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.754
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	34.505
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	34.494
96	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	34.286
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	33.333
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.496
99	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.476
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.051
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31.250
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.928
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.359
104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.895
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.784
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.703
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.474
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	27.380
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	27.172
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.756
111	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.667
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.312
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.333
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.772
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.694
116	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.984
117	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.793
118	Chile`CHL`South America	22.105
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.681
120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.740
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.661
122	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
124	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19.839
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.526
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.441
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.386
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.157
129	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.953
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.638
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.662
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.410
133	Peru`PER`South America	16.998
134	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
135	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.411
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.244
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.129
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.967
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.606
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	13.840
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.043
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.758
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.051
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.567
146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.447
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
149	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.389
150	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.650
151	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.503
152	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.091
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.772
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.533
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.951
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.858
157	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.752
158	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.744
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.097
160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.793
161	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.970
162	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.168
164	Belize`BLZ`Central America	4.516
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.845
166	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.603
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.447
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.351
169	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.653
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.579
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.467
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.358
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.890
174	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.099
175	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
176	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.689
177	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.523

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay85.105
2Palestine83.389
3Burundi81.075
4Mongolia80.476
5South Africa77.818

Lowest

177Suriname0.523
176Greenland0.689
175Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
174Bahamas1.099
173Papua New Guinea1.890

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 177 in both
83 · 46rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini74.651 → 77.267+2.616
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30.769 → 33.333+2.564
Saudi Arabia45.414 → 47.812+2.398
Cuba57.933 → 60.065+2.132
Cambodia16.939 → 18.638+1.700

Fell most

Liechtenstein56.250 → 50.000−6.250
Saint Kitts and Nevis50.000 → 46.154−3.846
Australia63.365 → 60.990−2.376
Pakistan48.150 → 46.143−2.007
Singapore7.463 → 5.970−1.493

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 1986.
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) (1986). Agricultural Land, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1986

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