Data for 1995

Agricultural Land, 1995

Name: Agricultural Land, 1995
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1995, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1995 covers 204 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.350; Suriname is lowest, at 0.554. The middle country reads 38.469. Against 1994, 162 values changed (84 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1995

HighestUruguay

85.350

LowestSuriname

0.554

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

204countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
203distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.350
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	80.448
3	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.390
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	79.322
5	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	78.892
6	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	77.619
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	76.558
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.548
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	75.543
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.030
11	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	73.337
12	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	73.158
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.241
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.014
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.835
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.094
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.047
18	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.357
19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.227
20	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.143
21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	68.898
22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	68.763
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	68.150
24	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.351
25	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.667
26	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.556
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.981
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.478
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.706
30	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.829
31	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.730
32	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62.623
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.268
34	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	62.235
35	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.100
36	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.859
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.799
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.668
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.319
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.170
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.121
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.531
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.505
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	58.196
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	57.898
46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.692
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.572
48	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.149
49	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.942
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.717
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.690
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.390
53	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.040
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.937
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.628
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.403
57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.945
58	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.333
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.148
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.134
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.314
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.970
63	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.852
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.610
65	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.858
66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	49.679
67	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.936
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47.856
69	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47.222
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.152
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.788
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.734
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.231
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.035
75	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.891
76	United States`USA`Northern America	45.872
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.833
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.785
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.782
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	45.679
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.397
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.957
83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.186
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.862
85	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	43.750
86	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	43.695
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.885
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.480
89	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	42.424
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.105
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	41.948
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	41.710
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.131
94	Colombia`COL`South America	40.120
95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.110
96	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	40.022
97	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.421
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.967
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.930
100	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.669
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.527
102	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.477
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	38.462
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.834
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.311
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.091
107	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.037
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.942
109	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.126
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.783
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.686
112	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.837
113	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.375
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.786
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.738
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	32.353
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.102
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.798
119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.500
120	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	29.508
121	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	29.441
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.313
123	Ecuador`ECU`South America	29.288
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29.167
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.127
126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.027
127	Panama`PAN`Central America	28.679
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.420
129	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.255
130	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26.713
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.667
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.479
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.851
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.507
135	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.724
136	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.378
137	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.865
138	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.857
139	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.667
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.513
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	22.301
142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.080
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.938
144	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.766
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	21.749
146	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.232
147	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.202
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.727
149	Chile`CHL`South America	20.618
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
151	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.378
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.943
154	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.021
155	Peru`PER`South America	17.535
156	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.370
157	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.667
158	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.647
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.990
160	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.487
161	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.255
162	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.815
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.196
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.085
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.536
166	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.213
167	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.746
168	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.625
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.609
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.380
171	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
172	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
173	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	10.500
174	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	9.448
175	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
176	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.818
=177	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	8.696
=177	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.696
179	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.020
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.975
181	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.969
182	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.902
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.857
184	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.619
185	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.407
186	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.367
187	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.366
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.833
189	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.401
190	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.599
191	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.393
192	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.667
193	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.623
194	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.460
195	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.298
196	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.086
197	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.608
198	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.277
199	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.195
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.791
201	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
202	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.999
203	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.697
204	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.554

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay85.350
2Kazakhstan80.448
3South Africa80.390
4Burundi79.322
5Palestine78.892

Lowest

204Suriname0.554
203Greenland0.697
202Bahamas0.999
201Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
200Singapore1.791

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.469. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 204 in both
84 · 78rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania49.872 → 54.403+4.531
Saudi Arabia64.093 → 67.351+3.258
Nicaragua35.067 → 37.834+2.767
Nigeria67.984 → 70.357+2.373
Côte d’Ivoire59.767 → 62.100+2.333

Fell most

Latvia40.818 → 29.441−11.378
Malta40.625 → 34.375−6.250
São Tomé and Príncipe32.292 → 29.167−3.125
Grenada35.294 → 32.353−2.941
United States Virgin Islands25.714 → 22.857−2.857

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 1995.
203 distinct values among 204
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 204 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1995). Agricultural Land, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1995

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