Data for 1989

Agricultural Land, 1989

Name: Agricultural Land, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1989 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 84.69; Suriname is lowest, at 0.55. The middle country reads 37.04. Against 1988, 126 values changed (71 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1989

HighestUruguay

84.69

LowestSuriname

0.55

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

177countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.69
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	83.55
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.27
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	81.12
5	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.23
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	78.56
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.92
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	75.67
9	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	75.15
10	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.49
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	73.41
12	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.15
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.49
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.20
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.35
16	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.15
17	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	68.60
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	67.89
19	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.36
20	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.35
22	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.79
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	63.05
24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.41
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.47
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.40
27	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.26
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.05
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.95
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.80
31	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	60.00
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.42
33	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.37
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.34
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.04
36	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.32
37	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.27
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.98
39	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.73
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.29
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.11
42	France`FRA`Western Europe	57.04
43	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.68
44	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.13
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.75
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.09
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.05
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.03
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.38
50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.55
51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	53.53
52	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.20
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.84
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	51.72
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	50.73
56	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	50.00
57	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.94
58	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.15
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47.48
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.96
61	United States`USA`Northern America	46.62
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.58
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	46.57
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.52
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46.15
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.90
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.85
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.77
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.47
70	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.44
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	44.18
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.04
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.77
75	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	42.93
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.76
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.74
78	Colombia`COL`South America	40.72
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.63
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.51
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.99
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.14
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.45
84	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.32
85	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	38.24
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.88
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.31
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.23
89	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.04
90	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.97
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.13
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.91
93	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.68
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.40
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.43
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.38
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.18
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.74
99	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	31.43
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31.25
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.86
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	30.13
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.96
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.27
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	28.25
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	28.05
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.01
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.93
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.67
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.57
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.33
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.12
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.79
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.73
115	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.53
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24.00
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.78
118	Chile`CHL`South America	21.75
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.62
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.11
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.75
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.63
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	20.51
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20.46
125	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.45
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.22
127	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00
128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.56
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.44
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.15
131	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.95
132	Peru`PER`South America	17.53
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.47
134	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.63
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.27
137	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.12
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.91
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.49
140	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.04
141	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.03
142	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.91
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.22
144	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.08
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.45
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	9.89
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.67
151	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.65
152	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.78
153	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.39
154	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.08
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.97
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.91
157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.83
158	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.77
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.16
160	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.83
161	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.56
162	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.26
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.17
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.84
165	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.61
166	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.48
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.37
168	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.99
169	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.71
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.58
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.47
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.43
173	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.00
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	0.55

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay84.69
2Palestine83.55
3Burundi81.27
4Mongolia81.12
5Bangladesh80.23

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 177 in both
71 · 55rose · fell
51unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia52.63 → 55.03+2.40
Cambodia23.51 → 25.12+1.61
Guinea-Bissau18.91 → 20.22+1.32
Malaysia19.43 → 20.46+1.03
Türkiye51.02 → 51.84+0.82

Fell most

Samoa27.21 → 19.15−8.06
Gambia59.09 → 57.11−1.98
Ireland69.68 → 67.89−1.80
Costa Rica48.24 → 46.57−1.66
Singapore4.48 → 2.99−1.49

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 1989.
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) (1989). Agricultural Land, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1989

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