Data for 1996

Agricultural Land, 1996

Name: Agricultural Land, 1996
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1996, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1996 covers 204 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.37; Suriname is lowest, at 0.55. The middle country reads 38.10. Against 1995, 145 values changed (85 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1996

HighestUruguay

85.37

LowestSuriname

0.55

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

204countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
203distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Uruguay`URY`South America	85.37
2	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.69
3	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	79.81
4	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	78.07
5	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	77.62
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.61
7	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.61
8	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	76.56
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	75.54
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.04
11	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	73.86
12	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	72.65
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.31
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.22
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.65
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.16
17	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.05
18	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	70.61
19	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.53
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.23
21	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.38
22	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.13
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	68.82
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	67.90
25	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.67
26	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	66.63
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.97
28	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	64.90
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.40
30	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	63.92
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	63.03
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.93
33	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.06
34	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.59
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	60.92
36	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.74
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.56
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.49
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	60.41
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.35
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	60.32
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.14
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.02
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.45
45	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	57.89
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	57.78
47	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.69
48	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.19
49	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.84
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	55.72
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.69
52	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	55.48
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.39
54	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.04
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.69
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.42
57	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.39
58	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	53.33
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.94
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.19
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.15
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.81
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.73
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.91
65	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	49.66
66	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.26
67	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	48.94
68	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47.22
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.15
70	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.92
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.82
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.52
73	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.51
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	46.46
75	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.26
76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	46.01
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.87
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	45.83
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.78
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	45.68
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	45.61
82	United States`USA`Northern America	45.45
83	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.99
84	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.19
85	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	43.75
86	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.68
87	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	42.42
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.38
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.13
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.11
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.28
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	40.77
93	Colombia`COL`South America	40.49
94	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	39.93
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.56
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.34
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.13
98	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	39.07
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.93
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.67
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.53
102	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.46
103	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	37.73
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.24
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.11
106	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.04
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.48
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	36.03
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.65
110	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	34.84
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	34.62
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	34.57
113	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.38
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.86
115	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.76
116	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	32.35
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.10
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.81
119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	30.50
120	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.12
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.04
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.39
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.37
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	29.17
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.85
126	Panama`PAN`Central America	28.68
127	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.52
128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	28.42
129	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.27
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.67
131	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26.07
132	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.06
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.92
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.52
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.99
136	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.72
137	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	23.71
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.60
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	23.00
140	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	22.86
141	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	22.67
142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.38
143	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.62
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.59
145	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.19
146	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.96
147	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	20.82
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.74
149	Chile`CHL`South America	20.49
150	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.45
151	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.00
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.38
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.92
154	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.02
155	Peru`PER`South America	17.61
156	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	17.37
157	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	16.67
158	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.64
159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.07
160	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.50
161	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.09
162	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	14.81
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.32
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.08
165	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.70
166	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.20
167	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.93
168	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.86
169	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.91
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.38
171	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.25
172	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.11
173	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	10.67
174	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	9.37
175	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.35
176	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.90
=177	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	8.70
=177	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	8.70
179	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.09
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.02
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.98
182	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.93
183	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.86
184	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	7.62
185	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	7.41
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.37
187	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.28
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.83
189	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.44
190	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.68
191	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.45
192	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.70
193	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.63
194	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.46
195	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.19
196	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.10
197	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.61
198	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.28
199	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.24
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.79
201	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.05
202	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.00
203	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.70
204	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.55

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uruguay85.37
2South Africa80.69
3Kazakhstan79.81
4Palestine78.07
5Moldova77.62

Lowest

204Suriname0.55
203Greenland0.70
202Bahamas1.00
201Turks and Caicos Islands1.05
200Singapore1.79

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 204 in both
85 · 60rose · fell
59unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia67.35 → 70.61+3.26
Armenia43.70 → 45.87+2.18
Rwanda62.83 → 64.90+2.07
Vietnam21.75 → 23.60+1.85
Benin22.30 → 23.99+1.69

Fell most

Croatia41.71 → 34.57−7.14
Saint Kitts and Nevis38.46 → 34.62−3.85
El Salvador62.27 → 60.14−2.13
Portugal42.89 → 40.77−2.12
Burundi79.32 → 77.61−1.71

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 1996.
203 distinct values among 204
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 8.70. 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1996). Agricultural Land, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1996

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