Data for 2009

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2009

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2009 covers 159 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 5.45; Ghana is lowest, at 0.02. The middle country reads 0.37. Against 2008, 148 values changed (65 up, 83 down), 4 countries joined.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2009

HighestSingapore

5.45

LowestGhana

0.02

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

159countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
87distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Agriculture Orientation Index, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.45	0.22	0.04
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.66	1.09	0.23
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.38	2.44	0.72
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.72	0.71	0.26
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.70	5.77	2.14
6	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.46	1.83	0.74
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.33	1.30	0.56
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.29	0.15	0.07
=9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.14	2.32	1.08
=9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.14	4.08	1.91
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.01	3.53	1.76
12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.44	1.91	1.33
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.27	2.26	1.78
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.26	3.00	2.38
15	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.19	3.02	2.53
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.16	1.44	1.24
=17	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.13	1.03	0.91
=17	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.13	4.38	3.88
=17	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.13	3.51	3.10
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.09	8.84	8.13
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.00	2.48	2.47
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.95	1.90	1.99
23	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.89	8.96	10.11
24	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.88	0.30	0.34
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.86	7.96	9.25
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.85	2.81	3.29
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.84	1.89	2.25
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.83	1.29	1.55
=29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.80	11.18	14.01
=29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.80	1.41	1.76
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.78	0.91	1.18
32	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.76	0.80	1.06
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.75	0.66	0.88
34	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.73	8.42	11.55
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.72	4.33	6.03
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.70	2.77	3.99
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.69	1.82	2.63
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.68	5.71	8.46
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.67	1.61	2.40
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.65	3.67	5.66
=41	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.64	4.54	7.05
=41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.64	0.43	0.67
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.61	5.46	8.94
=44	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.60	0.74	1.23
=44	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.60	3.70	6.15
=44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.60	0.78	1.29
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.57	17.49	30.43
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.56	3.43	6.12
=49	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.54	1.20	2.20
=49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.54	2.98	5.50
=49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.54	1.22	2.25
=52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.53	8.95	16.89
=52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.53	3.24	6.14
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.53	1.59	3.00
=52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.53	4.86	9.22
=52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.53	0.36	0.68
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.52	8.69	16.78
58	Chile`CHL`South America	0.51	1.88	3.70
59	United States`USA`Northern America	0.50	0.44	0.89
=60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.48	3.79	7.87
=60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.48	4.70	9.79
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.47	2.90	6.12
63	Peru`PER`South America	0.45	3.31	7.40
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.44	2.33	5.27
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.43	4.44	10.37
=65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.43	0.95	2.21
=67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.41	2.29	5.65
=67	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.41	1.65	4.05
=69	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.40	1.77	4.48
=69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.40	0.32	0.81
=69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40	3.29	8.15
=69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.40	0.77	1.95
=73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.39	3.65	9.34
=73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.39	1.63	4.24
=73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.39	0.71	1.80
=73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.39	5.68	14.54
=73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.39	2.50	6.35
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.38	3.05	8.07
=79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.37	2.01	5.47
=79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.37	3.95	10.81
=81	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.36	10.87	30.47
=81	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.36	3.71	10.34
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.35	3.01	8.61
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.34	5.50	16.34
=85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.33	10.41	31.26
=85	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.33	1.27	3.82
=85	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.33	7.10	21.35
88	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.32	0.36	1.14
89	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.31	5.06	16.36
90	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.29	12.79	44.00
=91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.28	2.76	9.93
=91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.28	4.20	14.78
=91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.28	0.44	1.57
=94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.27	1.83	6.67
=94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.27	2.65	9.95
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.26	1.37	5.28
=97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.24	3.84	15.84
=97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.24	1.73	7.08
=97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.24	0.71	2.93
=97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.24	3.91	16.25
=97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.24	6.86	28.25
=102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.23	0.75	3.24
=102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.23	2.95	12.61
=102	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.23	3.65	16.11
=105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.22	2.35	10.83
=105	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.22	5.40	24.97
=107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.21	1.42	6.91
=107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21	2.28	10.74
=109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.20	1.74	8.67
=109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.20	9.46	46.72
=109	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.20	1.96	9.61
=109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.20	5.45	27.91
=109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.20	4.40	21.79
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.19	0.40	2.14
=115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.18	5.27	29.03
=115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.18	5.36	29.42
=115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.18	1.09	6.18
=115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.18	6.80	38.11
=115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.18	4.65	25.78
=120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.17	4.67	26.75
=120	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.17	1.26	7.20
=122	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.16	0.12	0.72
=122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.16	3.81	23.67
=122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.16	2.14	13.00
=122	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.16	1.25	7.89
=126	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.15	4.05	26.98
=126	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.15	3.31	22.80
128	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.14	0.57	3.99
=129	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.13	4.26	32.98
=129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.13	0.89	6.62
=129	Colombia`COL`South America	0.13	0.84	6.69
=129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.13	2.84	21.20
=129	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.13	1.43	11.35
=129	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.13	2.32	18.42
=135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.12	1.14	9.41
=135	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.12	2.93	25.03
=135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12	0.68	5.75
=135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.12	2.57	21.64
=139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.11	3.02	27.41
=139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.11	1.83	16.07
=141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.10	1.65	16.79
=141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.10	0.52	5.23
=141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.10	0.53	5.42
=141	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.10	0.80	8.27
=141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.10	3.83	36.87
=146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.09	2.13	23.20
=146	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.09	2.09	24.29
=146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.09	1.67	19.39
=149	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.08	2.12	26.68
=149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.08	1.56	18.76
=149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.08	1.56	18.55
=149	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.08	1.04	12.60
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.07	1.56	23.31
=154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.06	1.90	31.73
=154	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.06	0.85	13.94
=154	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.06	0.24	3.95
=157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.05	1.83	38.33
=157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.05	2.56	49.22
159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	0.67	29.27

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

159Ghana0.02
157Liberiashared0.05
157Central African Republicshared0.05
154Lebanonshared0.06
154Indonesiashared0.06

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestMalawi17.49
LowestBelgium0.12
Middle country: 2.29
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestLiberia49.22
LowestSingapore0.04
Middle country: 7.20

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 155 in both
65 · 83rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg2.98 → 4.66+1.68
Slovakia1.48 → 2.14+0.66
Estonia0.55 → 1.00+0.45
China0.47 → 0.89+0.42
South Korea2.31 → 2.70+0.39

Fell most

Kuwait5.33 → 2.72−2.61
Hong Kong4.20 → 2.29−1.91
Ireland3.38 → 2.33−1.05
Botswana1.99 → 1.26−0.73
Trinidad and Tobago3.10 → 2.46−0.64

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Senegal

+ Tuvalu

+ Zimbabwe

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.

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.
87 distinct values among 159
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.13. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 159 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2009). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2009

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