Data for 2017

Agricultural Land, 2017

Name: Agricultural Land, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 2017 covers 210 countries. Turkmenistan is highest, at 81.424; Suriname is lowest, at 0.523. The middle country reads 38.678. Against 2016, 153 values changed (87 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 2017

HighestTurkmenistan

81.424

LowestSuriname

0.523

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

210countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
210distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	81.424
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	81.273
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.264
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	80.759
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	80.088
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.644
7	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.418
8	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.704
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.687
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.805
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.337
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	73.460
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	72.932
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.864
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.195
16	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	71.888
17	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	71.619
18	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.467
19	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	71.388
20	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	70.877
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.579
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.456
23	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.339
24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	70.290
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.233
26	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.000
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.564
28	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.019
29	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.285
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.818
31	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	65.783
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.162
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.712
34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	62.707
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62.648
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.699
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	60.694
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.284
39	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	60.150
40	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.000
41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	58.872
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.166
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	58.145
44	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.124
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	58.109
46	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.953
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.796
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.623
49	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.954
50	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	54.710
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	54.024
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.247
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.107
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	52.639
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.580
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.386
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.185
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50.946
59	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	50.359
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.198
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.871
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.328
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.929
64	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	48.611
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.424
66	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48.341
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.001
68	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	47.763
69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	47.232
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.141
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.963
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.859
73	United States`USA`Northern America	46.706
74	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	46.667
75	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	46.566
76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	46.329
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.633
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.603
79	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.817
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.720
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.596
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.419
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.898
84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	43.748
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	43.516
86	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.374
87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	43.065
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	42.983
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.857
90	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.708
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.224
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.222
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.214
94	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.975
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	41.845
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.822
97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	40.424
98	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	40.100
99	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	40.043
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.976
101	Colombia`COL`South America	39.195
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	39.092
103	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.081
104	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	38.889
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	38.828
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.527
107	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.504
108	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	38.333
109	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.260
110	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.785
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.709
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.302
113	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.023
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.740
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.319
116	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.809
117	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	33.333
118	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	33.264
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.770
120	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.438
121	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	32.375
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	32.169
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.068
124	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	31.481
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	31.173
126	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.117
127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.064
128	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	30.541
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.760
130	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.722
131	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.619
132	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.341
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.268
134	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.760
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.680
136	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.540
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	26.749
138	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.087
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.375
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	23.529
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.256
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.077
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.972
144	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.971
145	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.508
146	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	22.302
147	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	21.568
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.512
149	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.333
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.670
151	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	20.455
152	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.000
153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.998
154	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.603
155	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	19.594
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.484
157	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	19.056
158	Peru`PER`South America	18.945
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.673
160	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.949
161	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.355
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.198
163	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17.195
164	Chile`CHL`South America	16.575
165	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.295
166	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.340
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.684
168	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	13.900
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.449
170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.158
171	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.141
172	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.108
173	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.429
174	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.343
175	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.250
176	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.111
177	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.526
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.397
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.224
180	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.067
181	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	9.348
182	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	8.934
183	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.724
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	8.496
185	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	8.357
186	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.894
187	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.541
188	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.469
189	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.393
190	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.143
191	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.454
192	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.266
193	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	5.556
194	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.404
195	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.857
196	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.688
197	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.855
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.727
199	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	3.696
200	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.669
201	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.653
202	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.370
203	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.103
204	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.698
205	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.543
206	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.299
207	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.053
208	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.927
209	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.592
210	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.523

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Turkmenistan81.424
2Rwanda81.273
3Uruguay81.264
4Saudi Arabia80.759
5Kazakhstan80.088

Lowest

210Suriname0.523
209Greenland0.592
208Singapore0.927
207Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
206Bahamas1.299

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 210 in both
87 · 66rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Israel25.508 → 29.760+4.251
Australia44.540 → 48.341+3.801
Côte d’Ivoire75.427 → 77.704+2.278
Lesotho77.602 → 79.644+2.042
Benin34.380 → 36.302+1.921

Fell most

Haiti75.036 → 72.932−2.104
Samoa24.314 → 22.302−2.012
Ghana54.311 → 53.107−1.204
Colombia40.350 → 39.195−1.155
Gambia63.636 → 62.648−0.988

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 2017.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Agricultural Land, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/2017

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