Data for 2012

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2012

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2012 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 8.42; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.05. The middle country reads 0.33. Against 2011, 147 values changed (71 up, 76 down), 6 countries joined, 1 left.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2012

HighestSingapore

8.42

Lowest6 countries share it

0.05

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

172countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
81distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.42	0.28	0.03
2	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.91	0.38	0.05
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.65	2.32	0.63
4	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.50	2.18	0.62
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.24	0.93	0.29
6	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.17	0.78	0.36
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.10	2.36	1.12
8	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.05	4.27	2.08
9	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.53	2.28	1.49
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.44	2.67	1.85
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.34	6.86	5.13
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.33	2.97	2.23
=13	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.32	3.05	2.31
=13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.32	1.44	1.09
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.26	1.36	1.08
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.24	1.22	0.98
17	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.22	14.13	11.57
18	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.08	0.30	0.28
19	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.98	2.99	3.05
20	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.94	4.03	4.29
21	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.93	0.98	1.06
=22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.92	4.10	4.43
=22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.92	8.95	9.72
=24	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.89	0.58	0.66
=24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.89	5.13	5.79
26	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.87	9.97	11.50
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.85	1.69	2.00
28	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.84	6.80	8.13
29	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.82	1.61	1.98
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.79	2.90	3.66
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.77	1.69	2.19
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.75	2.45	3.28
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.71	0.76	1.07
34	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.70	5.66	8.04
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.67	2.67	4.00
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.64	1.17	1.83
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.63	1.14	1.81
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.62	4.87	7.91
=39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.60	9.39	15.77
=39	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.60	5.78	9.57
=41	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.58	6.72	11.50
=41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.58	5.36	9.18
=43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.57	0.80	1.42
=43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.57	2.17	3.80
=45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.55	2.96	5.40
=45	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.55	2.71	4.90
=45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.55	2.50	4.54
48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.54	3.67	6.80
=49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.51	0.46	0.91
=49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.51	1.51	2.99
=49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.51	0.32	0.63
=52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.50	1.65	3.27
=52	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.50	1.65	3.28
=54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.48	2.45	5.14
=54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.48	8.03	16.85
=54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.48	4.41	9.10
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.45	0.80	1.79
=58	Peru`PER`South America	0.44	2.93	6.73
=58	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.44	3.37	7.69
=60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.43	2.47	5.77
=60	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.43	12.19	28.22
=60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.43	0.82	1.92
63	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.42	1.23	2.93
=64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.41	4.23	10.20
=64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.41	1.46	3.53
=64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.41	2.51	6.15
=64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.41	2.04	5.02
=68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.40	0.91	2.29
=68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.40	6.70	16.83
=68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.40	3.19	8.05
71	United States`USA`Northern America	0.38	0.41	1.10
=72	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.37	2.44	6.55
=72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.37	0.38	1.02
=72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.37	4.82	13.10
=75	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.36	1.12	3.12
=75	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.36	0.75	2.07
=75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.36	2.30	6.43
=75	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.36	3.31	9.20
=79	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.35	15.39	44.33
=79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.35	3.01	8.57
=79	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.35	8.90	25.44
=82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.34	3.02	8.77
=82	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.34	3.59	10.45
=82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.34	0.82	2.40
=82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.34	7.23	20.98
=86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.33	0.65	1.98
=86	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.33	1.33	4.04
=86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.33	5.34	16.20
89	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.31	6.92	22.55
90	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.30	6.16	20.44
=91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.29	0.43	1.49
=91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.29	0.56	1.91
=93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.28	1.75	6.14
=93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.28	3.11	11.32
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.27	2.78	10.28
=95	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.27	0.33	1.25
=97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.26	1.08	4.17
=97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.26	1.02	3.89
=97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.26	2.51	9.79
=97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.26	7.84	30.08
=97	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.26	3.61	14.10
=102	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.25	0.38	1.53
=102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.25	0.16	0.63
=104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.23	2.38	10.40
=104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.23	1.63	7.00
=106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.22	1.23	5.58
=106	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.22	0.36	1.62
=106	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.22	1.09	4.83
=106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.22	3.61	16.09
=106	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.22	0.37	1.70
=111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.21	7.98	37.53
=111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.21	1.99	9.46
=113	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.20	0.66	3.31
=113	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.20	3.64	17.92
=115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.19	2.13	11.27
=115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.19	3.59	18.71
=115	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.19	4.69	24.79
=115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.19	5.43	28.96
=115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.19	4.07	21.62
=120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.18	3.02	16.66
=120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.18	6.48	36.81
=120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.18	1.15	6.51
=120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.18	3.39	19.27
=120	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.18	1.82	10.04
=120	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.18	5.91	33.34
=126	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.17	0.98	5.78
=126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.17	0.58	3.35
=126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.17	3.11	18.37
=129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.16	4.10	25.77
=129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.16	3.91	23.76
=129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.16	1.76	11.26
=132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.15	0.93	6.07
=132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15	4.11	28.00
=132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.15	4.52	30.59
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.14	1.10	7.82
=136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.13	3.44	26.01
=136	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.13	1.09	8.48
=138	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.12	2.20	17.91
=138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.12	0.10	0.84
=138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.12	2.49	19.95
=138	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.12	1.19	9.68
=138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.12	2.42	19.47
=138	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.12	1.68	13.57
=138	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12	0.68	5.52
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.11	2.58	23.15
=146	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.10	1.35	13.37
=146	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.10	0.37	3.76
=146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.10	0.53	5.19
=146	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.10	2.89	28.11
=146	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.10	2.10	21.52
=146	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.10	0.42	4.14
=146	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.10	2.55	25.46
153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.09	0.64	7.45
=154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.08	1.57	18.77
=154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.08	3.02	35.51
=154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.08	1.51	18.55
=154	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.08	1.44	17.61
=154	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.08	1.94	23.43
=159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.07	2.02	27.39
=159	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.07	1.51	20.90
=159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.07	1.86	26.48
=162	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.06	0.22	3.42
=162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.06	2.98	46.89
=162	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.06	1.47	25.23
=162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.06	1.97	35.37
=162	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.06	1.47	25.80
=167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.05	1.46	27.60
=167	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.05	1.28	26.90
=167	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.05	0.89	16.65
=167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1.30	25.52
=167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.05	1.19	23.39
=167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.05	0.80	14.76

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

167Yemenshared0.05
167Pakistanshared0.05
167Mozambiqueshared0.05
167Cambodiashared0.05
167Kyrgyzstanshared0.05

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestEthiopia15.39
LowestBelgium0.10
Middle country: 2.15
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestGuinea-Bissau46.89
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 7.23

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −1countries joined / left
147values changed, of 166 in both
71 · 76rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Hong Kong2.95 → 6.91+3.96
Singapore7.11 → 8.42+1.31
Kuwait1.25 → 2.17+0.92
São Tomé and Príncipe0.28 → 0.87+0.59
Ireland0.80 → 1.24+0.44

Fell most

Slovakia2.05 → 0.45−1.60
Luxembourg4.24 → 3.24−1.00
Zambia1.20 → 0.60−0.60
Mongolia0.60 → 0.16−0.44
Barbados1.87 → 1.44−0.43

+ Cameroon

+ Djibouti

+ Gabon

+ Grenada

+ Mauritania

+ South Sudan

− Iraq

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 2012.
81 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 countries share 0.12. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2012

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