Data for 2016

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2016

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2016 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 9.79; Qatar is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 0.29. Against 2015, 156 values changed (63 up, 93 down), 4 countries joined, 2 left.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2016

HighestSingapore

9.79

LowestQatar

0.00

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

178countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
90distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.79	0.31	0.03
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.26	2.14	0.66
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.19	0.68	0.21
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.71	2.14	0.79
5	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.60	4.82	1.85
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.32	4.04	1.74
7	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.29	2.28	1.00
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.92	2.16	1.12
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.85	3.85	2.08
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.59	0.12	0.08
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.44	3.10	2.15
12	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.40	1.24	0.89
13	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.24	1.25	1.01
14	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.18	0.61	0.52
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.13	1.04	0.93
=16	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.12	2.22	1.98
=16	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.12	4.42	3.94
18	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.08	1.57	1.46
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.07	6.78	6.34
20	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.06	2.02	1.91
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.05	12.57	12.00
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.02	8.49	8.37
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.00	4.57	4.56
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.94	2.02	2.14
25	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.87	5.97	6.90
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.81	0.80	0.99
=27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.78	2.40	3.10
=27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.78	5.65	7.26
29	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.76	6.46	8.48
30	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.75	0.25	0.33
31	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.72	2.32	3.25
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.69	2.15	3.12
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.65	1.36	2.09
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.64	1.33	2.07
35	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.63	14.76	23.41
=36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.61	2.45	4.05
=36	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.61	1.66	2.72
=38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.60	0.69	1.15
=38	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.60	1.45	2.41
=40	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.59	0.71	1.20
=40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.59	0.43	0.73
=40	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.59	1.20	2.03
43	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.58	1.08	1.86
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.56	1.34	2.41
=45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.55	3.06	5.60
=45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.55	1.68	3.06
=47	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.54	2.67	4.92
=47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.54	1.01	1.85
49	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.53	4.53	8.53
50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.51	3.15	6.21
51	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.50	10.13	20.39
52	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.49	0.28	0.58
=53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.48	3.02	6.31
=53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.48	4.41	9.17
55	United States`USA`Northern America	0.46	0.41	0.89
=56	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.45	4.82	10.77
=56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45	2.79	6.14
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.44	2.42	5.51
59	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.43	5.74	13.46
=60	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.42	0.98	2.33
=60	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.42	6.93	16.36
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.41	4.23	10.32
63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.40	4.05	10.21
=64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.39	4.11	10.66
=64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.39	2.62	6.72
=64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.39	1.02	2.62
67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.38	1.72	4.57
=68	Chile`CHL`South America	0.37	1.57	4.20
=68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.37	9.53	25.52
=70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.36	6.07	16.94
=70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.36	4.97	13.82
=72	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.35	2.34	6.60
=72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.35	1.35	3.84
=72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.35	4.02	11.40
=75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.34	2.87	8.46
=75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.34	1.48	4.29
=77	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.33	1.09	3.33
=77	Peru`PER`South America	0.33	2.28	6.94
=77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.33	2.23	6.75
=80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.32	6.92	21.74
=80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.32	0.61	1.92
=82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.31	2.14	6.81
=82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.31	0.23	0.75
=84	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.30	0.28	0.93
=84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.30	4.84	16.27
=84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.30	6.09	20.39
=87	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.29	0.39	1.34
=87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.29	2.29	8.00
=87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.29	0.60	2.06
=90	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.28	0.83	2.95
=90	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.28	4.60	16.61
=92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.27	2.15	8.07
=92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.27	1.03	3.87
=92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.27	2.80	10.53
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.26	0.38	1.45
=96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.25	3.02	12.22
=96	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.25	0.67	2.71
=96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.25	1.55	6.17
=96	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.25	1.25	4.91
=96	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.25	8.63	34.70
=96	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.25	2.36	9.49
=96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.25	3.65	14.41
=96	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.25	0.71	2.82
104	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.24	0.16	0.67
=105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.23	4.08	17.59
=105	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.23	0.42	1.85
=107	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22	8.16	36.87
=107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.22	2.77	12.48
=107	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.22	0.45	1.99
=110	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.21	1.02	4.89
=110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.21	1.87	8.96
=110	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.21	2.73	12.88
=110	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.21	5.81	27.17
=110	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.21	0.27	1.27
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.20	3.31	16.39
=116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.19	1.84	9.78
=116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.19	4.20	22.33
=116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.19	2.00	10.70
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.18	0.87	4.97
=119	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.18	6.33	35.26
=119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.18	5.30	29.28
=122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.17	2.98	17.19
=122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.17	2.90	17.43
=122	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.17	1.99	12.05
=122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.17	1.12	6.76
=126	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.16	1.22	7.65
=126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.16	3.56	21.71
=126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.16	0.42	2.73
=126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.16	1.16	7.47
=126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.16	3.99	24.21
=131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.15	2.95	19.85
=131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.15	0.67	4.51
=131	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.15	0.47	3.16
=131	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.15	1.69	10.99
=135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.14	3.99	27.75
=135	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.14	0.80	5.73
=135	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.14	0.50	3.46
=135	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.14	3.63	25.78
=135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.14	0.27	1.86
=135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.14	0.76	5.55
=135	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.14	0.94	6.68
=142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.13	3.35	25.90
=142	Colombia`COL`South America	0.13	0.83	6.61
=142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.13	1.47	11.77
=142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	3.29	25.13
=142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.13	2.62	20.93
=147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.12	1.15	9.66
=147	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.12	1.57	13.48
=147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.12	2.95	25.17
150	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.11	3.69	34.45
=151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.10	3.19	31.92
=151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.10	1.81	17.23
=151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.10	2.13	20.98
=154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.09	3.21	36.08
=154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.09	1.91	21.86
=154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.09	2.14	23.63
=154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.09	1.62	17.87
=158	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.08	0.53	6.26
=158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.08	1.46	18.97
=158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.08	0.33	3.98
=158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.08	1.54	20.03
=158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.08	0.30	3.89
=163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.07	0.65	9.83
=163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.07	1.28	19.27
=163	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.07	0.87	12.11
=163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.07	0.87	12.63
=167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.06	2.14	35.56
=167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.06	1.07	18.01
=167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.06	0.34	5.63
=167	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.06	0.86	14.92
=171	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.05	1.28	27.07
=171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.05	1.69	33.89
=171	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.05	0.60	11.73
174	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.04	1.07	27.31
=175	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.03	0.60	20.84
=175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.03	1.44	47.14
=175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.03	0.61	20.37
178	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.18

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

178Qatar0.00
175Tajikistanshared0.03
175Sierra Leoneshared0.03
175Ghanashared0.03
174Tanzania0.04

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestMalawi14.76
LowestQatar0.00
Middle country: 1.89
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSierra Leone47.14
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 6.73

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −2countries joined / left
156values changed, of 174 in both
63 · 93rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Singapore7.68 → 9.79+2.11
Antigua and Barbuda0.49 → 1.08+0.59
Bahamas1.08 → 1.40+0.32
Czechia1.16 → 1.44+0.28
Timor-Leste0.11 → 0.36+0.25

Fell most

Botswana2.60 → 1.12−1.48
Zambia2.02 → 1.07−0.95
Luxembourg3.79 → 3.19−0.60
Bulgaria1.12 → 0.61−0.51
Barbados3.07 → 2.60−0.47

+ Dominica

+ Saint Lucia

+ Qatar

+ Rwanda

− Guinea-Bissau

− Liberia

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 2016.
90 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 countries share 0.25. 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 178 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2016

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