Data for 2018

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2018

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2018 covers 183 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 8.78; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.27. Against 2017, 159 values changed (91 up, 68 down), 2 countries joined.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

8.78

Lowest2 countries share it

0.02

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

183countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
86distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.78	0.26	0.03
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.30	0.77	0.23
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.29	2.12	0.64
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.52	0.16	0.06
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.30	2.11	0.92
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.23	5.29	2.37
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.13	2.23	1.04
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.11	1.31	0.62
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.09	4.43	2.12
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.03	3.25	1.60
11	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.69	1.17	0.69
12	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.61	2.28	1.42
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.58	5.29	3.34
14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.47	5.57	3.78
15	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.37	0.61	0.45
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.31	1.09	0.83
17	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.29	2.10	1.63
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.23	1.19	0.96
19	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.06	7.76	7.35
20	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.03	2.14	2.08
21	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.97	4.25	4.40
22	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.94	0.51	0.55
23	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.92	1.49	1.63
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.88	9.78	11.13
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.83	1.96	2.37
26	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.80	10.86	13.55
27	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.78	0.80	1.02
28	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.77	1.97	2.56
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.76	0.22	0.29
30	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.74	6.07	8.20
=31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.71	2.40	3.40
=31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.71	1.22	1.72
=33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.69	4.54	6.59
=33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.69	7.72	11.12
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.66	3.47	5.21
=36	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.65	2.95	4.52
=36	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.65	1.54	2.39
=38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.64	0.70	1.11
=38	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.64	11.27	17.66
=40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.63	1.08	1.70
=40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.63	1.25	1.97
=40	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.63	1.33	2.11
=43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.61	1.25	2.05
=43	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.61	0.46	0.74
45	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.60	2.54	4.25
=46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.59	1.06	1.81
=46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.59	4.51	7.59
48	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.57	1.14	1.99
49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.56	7.00	12.48
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.55	4.64	8.47
=51	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.54	1.79	3.30
=51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.54	1.22	2.26
53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.53	1.53	2.89
54	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.52	1.17	2.26
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.50	2.60	5.15
=55	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.50	9.70	19.54
=57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49	1.45	2.95
=57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.49	1.18	2.42
=57	United States`USA`Northern America	0.49	0.42	0.86
60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.48	0.28	0.57
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.47	7.50	16.03
=62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.45	9.66	21.63
=62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45	2.63	5.79
=64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.43	4.71	10.91
=64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.43	1.69	3.91
=66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41	1.86	4.50
=66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.41	3.57	8.81
=68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.39	1.34	3.39
=68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.39	4.84	12.31
=70	Chile`CHL`South America	0.38	1.48	3.93
=70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.38	0.94	2.48
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.37	3.69	9.89
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.34	2.13	6.34
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.33	0.63	1.92
=75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.31	0.31	1.00
=75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.31	1.62	5.21
=75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.31	2.37	7.51
=75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.31	3.52	11.31
=75	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.31	2.19	7.11
=80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.30	0.63	2.12
=80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.30	2.93	9.65
=82	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.29	6.50	22.33
=82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.29	0.54	1.85
=82	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.29	0.79	2.70
=82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.29	5.74	19.65
=86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.28	3.58	12.81
=86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.28	1.86	6.59
=86	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.28	1.04	3.66
=89	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.27	0.41	1.53
=89	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.27	4.41	16.48
=89	Peru`PER`South America	0.27	1.89	6.89
=89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.27	0.54	2.01
=89	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.27	4.77	17.38
=89	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.27	0.19	0.71
=95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.26	1.51	5.72
=95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.26	1.15	4.48
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.26	1.36	5.13
=95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.26	0.36	1.39
=99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.25	2.93	11.87
=99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.25	2.17	8.53
=99	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.25	0.87	3.47
=102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.24	1.29	5.44
=102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.24	2.45	10.15
=102	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.24	0.30	1.28
=105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.23	1.77	7.56
=105	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.23	0.63	2.82
=105	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.23	3.45	14.99
=108	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.22	0.15	0.66
=108	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.22	3.72	16.67
=108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.22	2.40	11.04
=111	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.21	4.33	21.00
=111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.21	6.66	31.24
=111	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.21	0.40	1.86
=111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.21	1.64	7.77
=115	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.20	0.88	4.42
=115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.20	4.61	23.66
=115	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.20	4.47	22.51
=115	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.20	2.02	10.11
=119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.19	1.37	7.09
=119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.19	3.08	16.50
=119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.19	4.50	23.97
=119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.19	7.08	37.10
=119	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.19	4.27	22.13
=124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.18	7.76	44.01
=124	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.18	0.61	3.45
=124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.18	4.65	26.56
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.17	0.76	4.38
=127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.17	0.97	5.67
=127	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.17	1.66	9.95
=127	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.17	1.71	10.03
=131	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.16	1.47	9.44
=131	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.16	1.84	11.61
=131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.16	0.28	1.76
=134	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.15	0.53	3.53
=134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.15	3.25	22.33
=134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.15	1.04	6.79
=134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.15	3.75	24.62
=138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.14	4.07	28.06
=138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.14	0.93	6.73
=138	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.14	3.05	21.20
=138	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.14	3.13	21.65
=138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.14	3.25	22.95
=138	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.14	0.80	5.82
=144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.13	1.84	13.94
=144	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.13	1.44	11.02
=144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.13	1.38	10.83
=144	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.13	2.48	18.53
=148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.12	2.69	22.94
=148	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.12	2.20	18.43
=148	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.12	0.89	7.65
=148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.12	4.50	37.66
=148	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.12	2.65	21.22
=153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.11	4.12	37.37
=153	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11	0.69	6.23
=153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.11	3.55	31.22
=153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.11	2.14	18.76
=153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.11	1.25	11.43
=153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.11	3.69	33.97
=153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.11	0.30	2.74
=160	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.09	0.41	4.54
=160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.20	35.35
=160	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.09	0.94	10.59
=160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.09	1.44	15.71
=160	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.09	0.95	10.14
=165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1.52	17.85
=165	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.08	1.70	20.31
=165	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.08	0.26	3.23
=165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.08	1.98	25.54
=169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.07	1.19	18.14
=169	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.07	1.07	15.32
=169	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.07	1.14	16.97
=172	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.06	1.22	19.91
=172	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.06	1.56	26.81
=172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.06	0.33	5.12
=175	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	0.41	8.61
=175	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.05	0.94	19.17
=175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.05	1.96	37.95
178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.04	1.16	27.16
=179	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.03	0.57	19.16
=179	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.03	0.98	34.99
=179	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.03	0.59	19.77
=182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02	0.00	0.22
=182	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	1.10	52.87

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

182Somaliashared0.02
182Qatarshared0.02
179Tajikistanshared0.03
179Sierra Leoneshared0.03
179DR Congoshared0.03

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestTimor-Leste11.27
LowestQatar0.00
Middle country: 1.69
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSomalia52.87
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 6.73

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 181 in both
91 · 68rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Barbados1.28 → 2.23+0.95
Iran0.26 → 0.88+0.62
Timor-Leste0.07 → 0.64+0.57
Malta1.60 → 2.11+0.51
Zambia1.11 → 1.58+0.47

Fell most

Singapore9.77 → 8.78−0.99
Czechia1.46 → 0.63−0.83
Saint Lucia1.75 → 1.29−0.46
Haiti0.47 → 0.11−0.36
Samoa0.73 → 0.41−0.32

+ Andorra

+ Sudan

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 2018.
86 distinct values among 183
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 countries share 0.11. 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 183 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2018

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