Data for 2003

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003 covers 142 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 4.04; Ghana is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.32. Against 2002, 125 values changed (71 up, 54 down), 6 countries joined.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2003

HighestSingapore

4.04

LowestGhana

0.02

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

142countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
86distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003, 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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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.04	0.25	0.06
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.58	2.99	0.84
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.96	1.37	0.46
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.26	2.95	1.30
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.89	2.46	1.30
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.72	4.91	2.85
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.57	1.98	1.26
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.54	2.57	1.67
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.53	3.92	2.57
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.49	0.11	0.08
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.45	2.14	1.48
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.32	0.60	0.46
13	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.28	4.29	3.35
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.26	2.41	1.92
15	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.11	3.56	3.21
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.08	2.39	2.22
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.03	8.53	8.28
18	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.99	0.52	0.53
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.98	2.39	2.43
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.95	8.87	9.29
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.91	2.31	2.54
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.90	1.21	1.35
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.87	1.66	1.92
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.86	3.36	3.91
=25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.84	1.26	1.49
=25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.84	7.96	9.44
27	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.83	5.56	6.69
28	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.81	8.09	10.01
29	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.77	2.68	3.48
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.76	0.76	1.00
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.75	3.09	4.10
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.74	1.52	2.05
33	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.73	3.61	4.96
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.70	2.41	3.46
=35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.69	0.57	0.83
=35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.69	3.04	4.42
=37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.64	1.73	2.69
=37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.64	1.70	2.65
39	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.62	3.93	6.30
40	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.61	7.50	12.39
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.59	0.50	0.85
42	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.57	11.28	19.79
43	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.56	0.66	1.18
=44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.53	3.40	6.42
=44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.53	4.16	7.86
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.52	2.07	3.94
47	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.49	4.97	10.22
=48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.48	1.47	3.06
=48	Chile`CHL`South America	0.48	1.97	4.09
=50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.47	1.59	3.42
=50	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.47	4.90	10.50
52	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.46	5.84	12.65
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.45	1.19	2.65
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.43	0.83	1.93
=55	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.42	12.18	29.27
=55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.42	3.65	8.77
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41	2.49	6.10
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.39	0.68	1.75
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.38	3.77	9.81
60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.37	0.88	2.35
=61	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.36	1.14	3.12
=61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36	0.61	1.71
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.36	1.05	2.93
=64	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.35	4.07	11.61
=64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.35	6.79	19.14
=64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.35	2.49	7.09
=67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.34	0.71	2.07
=67	Peru`PER`South America	0.34	2.50	7.31
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.33	4.04	12.30
=70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.32	4.58	14.34
=70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.32	2.99	9.31
=70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.32	4.67	14.65
=70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.32	2.59	8.09
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.31	7.64	24.66
=75	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30	1.88	6.17
=75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.30	3.99	13.15
=75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.30	6.47	21.50
=78	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.29	2.68	9.10
=78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.29	1.52	5.21
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.28	10.01	36.22
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.27	2.42	8.84
82	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.26	3.65	14.05
=83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.25	3.28	12.91
=83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.25	1.40	5.73
=83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.25	1.09	4.31
=86	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.24	11.94	50.62
=86	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.24	1.30	5.45
=88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.22	2.78	12.43
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.22	3.04	13.84
=88	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.22	1.13	5.16
=91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.21	1.72	8.11
=91	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.21	6.47	31.15
=91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.21	2.90	13.85
=91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.21	4.75	22.72
=91	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.21	0.36	1.71
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.20	4.01	20.18
=97	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.19	0.29	1.59
=97	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.19	1.33	7.02
=97	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.19	2.21	11.91
=97	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.19	4.67	24.89
=101	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.18	0.18	1.03
=101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.18	2.82	15.69
=103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.17	1.81	10.83
=103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.17	4.07	24.45
=105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.16	3.41	20.98
=105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.16	2.12	13.43
=105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.16	0.85	5.32
=105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.16	4.17	26.75
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.15	0.84	5.49
=110	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.14	2.29	16.35
=110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.14	0.74	5.31
=110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.14	4.87	34.21
=113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.13	5.33	41.40
=113	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.13	5.42	40.16
=113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.13	3.26	26.05
=113	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.13	4.98	37.97
=113	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.13	1.24	9.64
=118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.12	3.97	33.61
=118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.12	3.03	25.36
=118	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.12	1.33	11.13
=118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.12	1.89	15.62
=122	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.11	2.46	21.98
=122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.11	2.81	25.96
=122	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11	0.92	8.11
=125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.10	0.64	6.20
=125	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.10	2.23	22.04
=125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.10	1.63	16.99
=128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.09	0.86	9.82
=128	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.09	0.95	10.77
=130	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.08	0.75	9.05
=130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.08	1.85	23.56
=132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.07	2.13	28.78
=132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.07	0.28	3.90
=132	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.07	1.72	24.20
=135	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.06	0.58	8.95
=135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.06	1.90	29.36
=135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.06	1.92	31.38
=138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.05	1.13	22.41
=138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.05	1.56	29.57
=140	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.04	1.29	33.83
=140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.04	0.78	22.15
142	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	0.63	28.05

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

142Ghana0.02
140Pakistanshared0.04
140Nigeriashared0.04
138Laosshared0.05
138Georgiashared0.05

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestMali12.18
LowestHong Kong0.11
Middle country: 2.39
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestMyanmar50.62
LowestSingapore0.06
Middle country: 8.11

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 136 in both
71 · 54rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg1.85 → 2.96+1.11
Singapore3.31 → 4.04+0.73
Trinidad and Tobago1.72 → 2.26+0.54
Switzerland3.23 → 3.58+0.35
Seychelles0.43 → 0.77+0.34

Fell most

Mexico2.38 → 1.11−1.27
Djibouti1.54 → 0.36−1.18
Paraguay0.38 → 0.09−0.29
Iran0.62 → 0.35−0.27
Botswana1.75 → 1.53−0.22

+ Afghanistan

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Barbados

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Nigeria

+ Serbia

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 2003.
86 distinct values among 142
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.21. 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 142 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2003). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2003

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