Data for 1991

Agricultural Land, 1991

Name: Agricultural Land, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1991 covers 181 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.253; Suriname is lowest, at 0.554. The middle country reads 36.802. Against 1990, 135 values changed (84 up, 51 down), 4 countries joined.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1991

HighestUruguay

85.253

LowestSuriname

0.554

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

181countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
180distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.253
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	82.890
3	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	81.509
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.880
5	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	79.281
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.141
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.515
8	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	76.003
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.993
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	73.523
11	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	71.882
12	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.337
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.094
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.204
15	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70.175
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	69.250
17	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.149
18	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	68.015
19	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.258
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.520
22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.491
23	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	62.896
24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.506
25	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.955
26	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.795
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.226
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.074
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.810
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.240
31	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.217
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.282
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.238
34	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.586
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.559
36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.338
37	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.308
38	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.910
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.657
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.530
41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.510
42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.897
43	France`FRA`Western Europe	56.564
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.902
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.690
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.607
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	54.585
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	54.470
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.969
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.936
51	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.333
52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	52.252
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	52.060
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	49.082
55	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.936
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.148
57	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	47.351
58	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47.222
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47.198
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.960
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.648
62	United States`USA`Northern America	46.615
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46.154
64	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.821
65	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45.753
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.703
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.235
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.117
69	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.758
70	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.444
71	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	43.952
73	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	43.750
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	43.157
75	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	42.929
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.842
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.115
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.131
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	40.625
80	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.499
81	Colombia`COL`South America	40.454
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.987
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.138
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.678
85	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.485
86	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.397
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.418
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.347
89	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.037
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	36.830
91	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.802
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.313
93	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.681
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.631
95	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	35.294
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.202
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.738
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.043
99	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	32.459
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31.250
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.805
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.869
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.000
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	28.706
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.587
106	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	28.571
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.015
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.934
109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26.924
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.710
111	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.667
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.343
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.205
114	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.550
115	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.780
116	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24.000
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23.207
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.922
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.403
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.192
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.014
122	Chile`CHL`South America	21.235
123	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.976
124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.741
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.713
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20.680
127	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
128	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.116
129	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.356
131	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.081
132	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.963
133	Peru`PER`South America	17.648
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.229
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.873
136	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.216
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.938
139	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.864
140	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15.789
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.493
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.633
143	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.527
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.460
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.451
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.358
147	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
148	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.787
150	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	9.820
151	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	9.745
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.786
=154	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	8.696
=154	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.696
156	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.244
157	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.081
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.035
159	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.961
160	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.912
161	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.857
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.807
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.201
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.863
165	Belize`BLZ`Central America	5.699
166	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
167	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.254
168	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.365
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.702
170	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.613
171	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.489
172	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.765
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.655
174	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.467
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.465
176	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.060
177	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.791
178	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.099
179	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
180	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.694
181	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.554

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay85.253
2Palestine82.890
3Mongolia81.509
4Burundi80.880
5Bangladesh79.281

Lowest

181Suriname0.554
180Greenland0.694
179Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
178Bahamas1.099
177Singapore1.791

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.802. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 177 in both
84 · 51rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Djibouti56.040 → 57.657+1.618
Malawi44.739 → 45.821+1.082
Bhutan9.717 → 10.787+1.070
São Tomé and Príncipe30.208 → 31.250+1.042
Iran37.759 → 38.678+0.919

Fell most

Grenada38.235 → 35.294−2.941
Italy57.257 → 54.585−2.672
Germany51.648 → 49.082−2.566
Indonesia24.886 → 22.922−1.965
Saint Lucia34.262 → 32.459−1.803

+ Micronesia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Northern Mariana Islands

+ Palau

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 1991.
180 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 8.696. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Agricultural Land, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1991

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