Data for 2019

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2019

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2019 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 6.88; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.27. Against 2018, 159 values changed (68 up, 91 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2019

HighestSingapore

6.88

Lowest3 countries share it

0.02

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

182countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
85distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	6.88	0.22	0.03
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.46	0.74	0.22
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.21	2.08	0.65
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.35	2.11	0.90
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.26	3.41	1.51
6	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.19	1.04	0.47
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.16	2.25	1.04
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.05	0.15	0.07
9	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.03	1.10	0.55
10	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.88	5.38	2.86
11	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.75	3.66	2.09
12	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.65	0.61	0.37
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.50	2.28	1.52
=14	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	1.40	4.98	3.57
=14	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.40	1.07	0.76
16	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.33	3.28	2.47
17	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.28	2.22	1.73
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.26	1.12	0.88
19	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.15	5.13	4.47
20	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.03	9.64	9.37
21	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.02	7.59	7.46
22	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.01	0.75	0.75
23	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.96	0.50	0.52
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.91	2.15	2.36
=25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.89	0.25	0.28
=25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.89	2.40	2.71
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.83	1.45	1.75
28	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.80	6.50	8.13
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.79	10.26	12.93
=30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.77	5.21	6.79
=30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.77	0.76	0.99
32	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.75	1.23	1.65
=33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.74	2.37	3.20
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.74	1.41	1.89
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.70	1.24	1.77
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.69	1.17	1.70
37	United States`USA`Northern America	0.67	0.51	0.76
=38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.66	0.68	1.04
=38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.66	1.17	1.78
40	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.64	1.24	1.95
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.63	4.56	7.26
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.60	1.32	2.19
43	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.58	3.28	5.70
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.56	4.57	8.13
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.53	6.40	11.98
=46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.52	2.32	4.44
=46	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.52	1.25	2.39
48	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.51	2.28	4.46
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.50	0.42	0.83
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.49	1.41	2.86
=50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.49	1.12	2.27
=52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.48	1.18	2.44
=52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.48	1.13	2.37
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.47	0.28	0.60
=55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.45	5.10	11.29
=55	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.45	3.86	8.60
=57	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.44	7.74	17.60
=57	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.44	10.12	22.95
=57	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.44	5.20	11.78
=60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.43	1.34	3.12
=60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.43	2.73	6.40
=62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.42	2.22	5.23
=62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.42	7.04	16.76
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.41	5.82	14.17
=65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.40	1.33	3.32
=65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.40	2.38	5.95
=67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.38	1.63	4.30
=67	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.38	0.62	1.62
=69	Chile`CHL`South America	0.36	1.42	3.99
=69	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.36	1.60	4.39
=69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.36	3.48	9.77
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.35	1.25	3.53
=73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.34	0.67	2.00
=73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.34	4.18	12.29
75	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.33	0.83	2.52
=76	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.32	0.64	2.01
=76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.32	3.45	10.84
=76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32	4.76	14.90
=76	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.32	3.50	10.81
=80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.30	2.23	7.34
=80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.30	0.99	3.33
=80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.30	2.10	7.08
=83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.29	8.23	28.34
=83	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.29	0.36	1.24
=83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.29	2.00	7.00
=86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.28	1.30	4.68
=86	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.28	1.08	3.85
=86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.28	2.45	8.82
=89	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.27	1.49	5.45
=89	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.27	0.39	1.41
=89	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.27	0.49	1.82
=92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.26	3.30	12.71
=92	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.26	6.04	23.25
=92	Peru`PER`South America	0.26	1.80	6.85
=95	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.25	1.06	4.20
=95	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.25	2.71	10.64
=95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.25	0.34	1.35
=95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.25	1.83	7.24
=95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.25	9.17	36.78
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.25	2.53	10.16
=95	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.25	2.02	8.22
=102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.24	1.66	7.02
=102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.24	0.48	1.99
=102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.24	0.51	2.13
=105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.23	2.75	12.19
=105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.23	5.00	21.58
=107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.22	4.75	21.13
=107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.22	5.07	23.56
=107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.22	0.29	1.29
=107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.22	4.22	19.51
=111	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.20	0.83	4.21
=111	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.20	3.99	20.24
=113	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.19	0.14	0.72
=113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.19	1.21	6.49
=113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.19	2.95	15.74
=113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.19	4.37	22.96
=113	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.19	3.47	18.45
=113	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.19	1.23	6.39
=119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.18	3.32	18.22
=119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.18	3.41	19.41
=119	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.18	0.60	3.39
=122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.17	2.01	11.53
=122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.17	2.83	16.80
=122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.17	1.46	8.54
=122	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.17	0.30	1.76
=122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.17	4.22	24.38
=127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.16	0.87	5.55
=127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.16	0.59	3.77
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.16	0.71	4.37
=127	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.16	1.56	9.67
=131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.15	0.79	5.15
=131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.15	2.95	19.96
=133	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.14	1.67	11.98
=133	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.14	0.50	3.66
=133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.14	3.82	26.43
=133	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.14	3.03	21.91
=133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.14	2.83	20.68
=133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.14	3.32	23.57
=139	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.13	1.18	9.41
=139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.13	2.01	16.05
=139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.13	4.69	36.91
=142	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.12	0.92	7.88
=142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.12	3.22	26.88
=142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.12	4.06	33.33
=142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.12	1.94	15.69
=142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.12	5.37	44.34
=142	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.12	1.40	11.56
=142	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.12	0.76	6.50
=149	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.11	2.04	18.39
=149	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11	0.69	6.41
=149	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.11	1.18	10.70
=149	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.11	3.69	32.67
=153	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.10	3.45	35.62
=153	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.10	0.82	7.79
=153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.10	3.52	33.63
=153	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.88	8.97
=153	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.10	2.04	21.12
=158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.12	34.13
=158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.09	1.84	20.86
=160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.08	2.08	25.96
=160	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.08	0.81	10.37
=162	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.07	0.22	3.17
=162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.07	0.37	5.69
=162	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.07	1.12	15.53
=162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.07	1.26	16.98
=162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.07	0.26	3.67
=167	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.06	0.34	5.32
=167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.06	1.29	19.97
=167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.06	1.28	20.00
=167	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.06	0.81	13.32
=167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.06	0.29	4.49
=172	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.05	0.83	17.32
=172	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.05	1.31	26.98
=172	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.05	1.04	21.38
=172	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.05	1.34	24.77
=172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.05	1.46	26.91
=177	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.03	0.07	2.56
=177	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.03	1.20	34.55
=177	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.03	0.66	20.87
=180	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.02	0.01	0.26
=180	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	1.30	52.87
=180	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.02	0.86	39.21

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

180Syriashared0.02
180Somaliashared0.02
180Qatarshared0.02
177Tajikistanshared0.03
177Sierra Leoneshared0.03

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 (%)
HighestBhutan10.26
LowestQatar0.01
Middle country: 1.53
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSomalia52.87
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 6.65

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
159values changed, of 181 in both
68 · 91rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates0.27 → 1.01+0.74
Samoa0.41 → 1.03+0.62
Bahamas1.69 → 2.03+0.34
Zambia1.58 → 1.88+0.30
Suriname0.17 → 0.45+0.28

Fell most

Singapore8.78 → 6.88−1.90
Barbados2.23 → 1.33−0.90
Iran0.88 → 0.06−0.82
Seychelles1.03 → 0.24−0.79
Hong Kong2.52 → 2.05−0.47

+ Comoros

− Republic of the Congo

− 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 2019.
85 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 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 182 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2019). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2019

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