Data for 2017

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2017

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2017 covers 181 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 9.77; Qatar is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 0.26. Against 2016, 164 values changed (73 up, 91 down), 3 countries joined.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2017

HighestSingapore

9.77

LowestQatar

0.00

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

181countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
86distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.77	0.30	0.03
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.34	2.11	0.63
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.83	0.66	0.23
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.57	2.32	0.90
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.07	0.13	0.07
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.00	2.25	1.13
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.91	3.28	1.71
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.88	3.46	1.84
9	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.76	2.28	1.29
10	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.75	2.73	1.56
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.60	1.08	0.68
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.46	3.07	2.11
13	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.38	1.08	0.78
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.28	2.44	1.91
15	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.25	4.75	3.80
16	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.16	0.61	0.52
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.11	7.93	7.15
18	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.03	8.02	7.77
=19	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.99	12.83	12.93
=19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.99	1.07	1.09
21	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.98	1.63	1.66
22	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.96	4.35	4.52
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.95	1.07	1.12
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.80	1.48	1.85
=25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.79	0.23	0.29
=25	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.79	1.68	2.13
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.75	2.26	2.99
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.74	6.20	8.41
=29	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.73	0.79	1.09
=29	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.73	7.00	9.60
31	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.72	5.35	7.43
32	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.70	16.13	22.93
33	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.69	1.64	2.38
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.66	4.98	7.57
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.65	1.34	2.07
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.64	1.08	1.69
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.62	1.54	2.50
=38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.61	2.47	4.04
=38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.61	1.18	1.92
=40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.60	1.41	2.34
=40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.60	2.97	4.96
42	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.58	0.70	1.20
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.57	7.38	12.96
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.56	1.61	2.89
=45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.54	4.26	7.87
=45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.54	1.35	2.49
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.53	1.73	3.30
=48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.52	2.80	5.38
=48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.52	0.99	1.89
=48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.52	0.44	0.86
=48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.52	1.84	3.55
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.50	3.02	6.04
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.48	0.28	0.59
=54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.47	8.87	18.86
=54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.47	1.79	3.78
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.46	2.04	4.44
=57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.45	7.47	16.56
=57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.45	10.57	23.70
=59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44	2.48	5.61
=59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.44	3.95	8.99
=61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.43	2.28	5.34
=61	United States`USA`Northern America	0.43	0.39	0.90
=63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.42	4.40	10.53
=63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.42	4.58	10.88
=63	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.42	1.22	2.90
=66	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.39	8.90	22.76
=66	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.39	7.98	20.31
=68	Chile`CHL`South America	0.38	1.61	4.28
=68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.38	5.03	13.16
=70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.37	3.80	10.18
=70	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.37	1.33	3.55
=70	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.37	2.24	6.01
=73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.35	3.89	11.16
=73	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.35	1.05	2.99
=75	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.34	0.78	2.32
=75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.34	2.58	7.68
77	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.33	4.24	12.93
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.32	2.18	6.77
79	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.31	1.14	3.62
=80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.30	1.65	5.43
=80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.30	2.58	8.60
=80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.30	0.56	1.85
=83	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.29	0.42	1.43
=83	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.29	1.10	3.75
=83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.29	1.94	6.63
=83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.29	0.58	1.96
=87	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.27	3.16	11.76
=87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.27	1.89	6.92
=87	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.27	1.47	5.37
=87	Peru`PER`South America	0.27	1.80	6.78
=91	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.26	0.65	2.46
=91	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.26	8.81	33.78
=91	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.26	2.60	9.83
=91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.26	0.38	1.43
=91	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.26	0.74	2.80
=91	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.26	0.19	0.76
=97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.25	1.17	4.70
=97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.25	3.02	12.20
=97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.25	4.18	16.82
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.24	0.30	1.26
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.23	5.20	22.92
=102	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.22	0.16	0.73
=102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.22	4.45	20.59
=102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.22	0.41	1.89
=102	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.22	8.24	36.89
=102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.22	0.44	1.98
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.21	1.11	5.39
=108	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.20	0.92	4.60
=108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.20	1.71	8.43
=108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.20	4.54	22.72
=108	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.20	5.40	27.63
=108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.20	0.26	1.32
=113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.19	6.28	32.79
=113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.19	2.58	13.43
=113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.19	1.98	10.18
=113	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.19	0.54	2.87
=113	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.19	2.02	10.66
=118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.18	3.03	16.69
=118	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.18	1.24	6.85
=118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.18	4.41	23.91
=118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.18	3.97	21.96
=118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.18	2.73	14.98
=118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.18	5.12	28.66
=124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.17	2.49	14.99
=124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.17	1.43	8.50
=126	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.16	1.23	7.90
=126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.16	0.72	4.44
=126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.16	3.94	24.55
=126	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.16	5.69	35.82
=126	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.16	1.78	11.12
=126	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.16	0.88	5.41
=132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.15	4.34	28.49
=132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.15	1.48	9.70
=132	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.15	1.94	12.67
=132	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.15	0.53	3.53
=136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.14	2.45	18.04
=136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.14	3.00	20.85
=138	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.13	0.48	3.75
=138	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.13	0.26	1.97
=138	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.13	0.76	5.91
=138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.13	0.98	7.31
=142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.12	3.17	25.42
=142	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.12	2.21	19.02
=142	Colombia`COL`South America	0.12	0.79	6.39
=142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.12	1.35	10.99
=142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.12	2.59	21.00
=142	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.12	0.34	2.79
=148	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.11	0.58	5.23
=148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11	3.03	26.35
=148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.11	3.69	33.28
=151	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.10	1.61	16.94
=151	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.10	1.56	16.02
=151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.10	1.12	11.14
=151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.10	2.48	26.07
=151	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.10	1.05	10.18
=151	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.10	2.21	21.37
=157	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.38	37.40
=157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.09	1.91	20.53
=159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.08	3.26	38.43
=159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.08	1.77	20.89
=159	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.08	0.89	11.59
=159	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.08	0.88	10.92
=163	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.07	0.22	2.98
=163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.07	1.20	17.65
=163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.07	1.13	16.99
=166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	1.11	19.89
=166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.06	1.02	16.21
=166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.06	1.10	19.04
=166	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.06	0.32	5.27
=166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.06	1.81	28.56
=171	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	0.50	10.02
=171	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.05	0.29	5.26
=171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.05	2.53	49.16
=171	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.05	0.72	15.00
=175	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.04	0.71	19.56
=175	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.04	1.37	31.03
=175	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.04	1.71	43.01
=175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.04	1.80	40.09
=175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.04	0.74	20.28
180	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	1.04	52.87
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.21

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

181Qatar0.00
180Somalia0.02
175Tajikistanshared0.04
175Syriashared0.04
175Sierra Leoneshared0.04

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestMalawi16.13
LowestQatar0.00
Middle country: 1.77
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSomalia52.87
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 6.85

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

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

+3 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 178 in both
73 · 91rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Botswana1.12 → 1.88+0.76
Samoa0.25 → 0.73+0.48
Hong Kong1.59 → 2.07+0.48
Haiti0.06 → 0.47+0.41
Malta1.24 → 1.60+0.36

Fell most

Barbados2.60 → 1.28−1.32
Djibouti2.29 → 1.76−0.53
South Korea2.32 → 1.91−0.41
Suriname0.45 → 0.08−0.37
Luxembourg3.19 → 2.83−0.36

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Liberia

+ Somalia

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 2017.
86 distinct values among 181
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.26. 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 181 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2017

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