Data for 2020

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2020

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Agriculture Orientation Index, 2020 covers 178 countries on 3 measures. Singapore is highest, at 4.51; Qatar is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 0.26. Against 2019, 169 values changed (51 up, 118 down), 4 left.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2020

HighestSingapore

4.51

LowestQatar

0.00

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

178countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
81distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.51	0.15	0.03
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.49	0.69	0.20
3	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	3.45	3.89	1.13
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.65	1.87	0.71
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.01	3.17	1.58
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.95	2.08	1.07
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.65	3.66	2.21
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.41	0.14	0.10
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.38	2.69	1.94
10	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.36	2.28	1.68
11	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1.30	2.58	1.98
12	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.29	0.94	0.73
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.23	0.61	0.50
=14	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1.19	2.72	2.28
=14	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.19	0.96	0.81
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.12	3.35	2.98
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.07	1.00	0.94
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.05	1.11	1.06
19	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.90	0.50	0.56
=20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.88	7.09	8.03
=20	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.88	2.59	2.95
=20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.88	0.67	0.76
=23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.86	4.64	5.39
=23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.86	0.82	0.96
25	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.84	6.79	8.12
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.80	2.64	3.32
27	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.78	2.46	3.14
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.75	11.84	15.70
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.72	1.31	1.83
=30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.71	0.87	1.22
=30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.71	0.48	0.67
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.69	6.98	10.05
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.68	5.94	8.70
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.67	0.21	0.31
35	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.66	4.69	7.08
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.64	0.69	1.07
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.63	2.17	3.43
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.59	1.12	1.90
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.58	1.30	2.24
=40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.56	4.63	8.24
=40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.56	4.56	8.14
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.52	4.43	8.57
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.49	1.27	2.58
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.47	0.91	1.93
=45	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.46	3.13	6.74
=45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.46	0.85	1.84
=45	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.46	0.33	0.73
=45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.46	1.88	4.06
=49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.45	1.40	3.13
=49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.45	1.16	2.57
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.44	0.76	1.73
=52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.43	5.20	12.00
=52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.43	2.57	6.04
=52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.43	1.36	3.15
=52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.43	2.26	5.31
=52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.43	1.03	2.39
=57	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.42	7.02	16.84
=57	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.42	1.48	3.53
=57	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.42	0.77	1.84
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.41	2.73	6.67
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.40	5.03	12.66
=62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.39	2.41	6.19
=62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.39	4.07	10.38
64	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.38	9.62	25.02
=65	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.35	6.61	18.67
=65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.35	0.69	1.96
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.33	2.08	6.34
=68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.32	1.09	3.36
=68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.32	1.30	4.08
=68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.32	7.13	22.18
=71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.31	4.40	14.32
=71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.31	2.59	8.32
=71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.31	2.90	9.37
=71	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.31	3.29	10.66
=75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.30	1.80	5.91
=75	Chile`CHL`South America	0.30	1.22	4.05
=75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.30	1.48	4.90
=75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.30	1.41	4.64
=75	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.30	0.58	1.93
=80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.29	4.38	15.08
=80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.29	2.52	8.64
=80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.29	4.63	16.15
=83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.28	0.68	2.47
=83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.28	0.60	2.14
=85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.27	4.73	17.50
=85	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.27	0.76	2.78
=87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.26	0.97	3.71
=87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.26	2.60	10.19
=87	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.26	1.06	4.01
=90	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.25	0.34	1.34
=90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.25	4.70	19.08
=90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.25	2.90	11.49
=93	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.24	0.56	2.30
=93	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.24	0.36	1.46
=93	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.24	0.32	1.36
=93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.24	8.48	35.67
=93	Peru`PER`South America	0.24	1.82	7.72
=93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.24	3.35	13.99
99	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.23	2.02	8.64
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.22	2.89	12.98
=101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.21	3.67	17.24
=101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.21	0.36	1.74
=103	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.20	0.14	0.71
=103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.20	5.89	29.50
=103	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.20	1.09	5.35
=103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.20	0.80	3.92
=103	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.20	2.71	13.70
=103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.20	1.70	8.68
=103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.20	1.63	8.17
=103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.20	3.91	19.15
=103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.20	3.45	17.46
=112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.19	5.03	27.11
=112	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.19	0.81	4.34
=112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.19	1.77	9.16
=112	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.19	0.22	1.20
116	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.18	4.08	22.10
=117	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.17	2.16	12.97
=117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.17	3.13	18.76
=117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.17	4.27	24.85
=120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.16	1.32	8.32
=120	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.16	1.19	7.55
=120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.16	3.60	22.87
=123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.15	1.75	11.35
=123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.15	2.73	17.92
=123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.15	3.37	21.78
=123	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.15	5.60	38.38
=123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.15	1.56	10.73
=128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.14	0.91	6.62
=128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.14	3.61	26.30
=128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14	0.63	4.65
=128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.14	3.67	26.65
=132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.13	4.71	36.17
=132	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.13	5.77	45.08
=132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.13	3.32	24.69
=135	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.12	0.71	5.71
=135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.12	1.30	11.17
=135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.12	2.65	21.24
=135	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.12	1.51	12.19
=135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.12	2.69	22.70
=135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.12	1.99	16.48
=135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.12	2.96	24.77
=135	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.12	0.86	7.37
=143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.11	2.08	19.23
=143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.11	2.61	24.14
=143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.11	2.14	19.17
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.10	1.30	13.26
=147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.09	2.63	29.98
=147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.14	33.87
=147	Colombia`COL`South America	0.09	0.65	7.51
=147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.26	35.56
=147	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.09	2.96	34.12
=152	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	1.33	16.93
=152	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.08	0.64	8.39
=152	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.08	0.76	9.93
=152	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.08	1.02	12.17
=152	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.08	1.33	15.73
=152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.08	0.23	2.96
=152	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.08	0.78	9.31
=159	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.07	0.42	6.36
=159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.07	1.43	21.08
=159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.07	0.82	12.21
=162	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.06	1.11	18.85
=162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.06	0.33	5.71
=164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.05	0.54	9.95
=164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.05	0.35	7.57
=166	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.04	1.05	26.96
=166	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.04	0.81	22.58
=166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1.19	26.88
=166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.04	0.98	21.85
=166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.04	1.52	35.13
=166	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.04	0.24	5.96
=172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.03	0.19	6.09
=172	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.03	0.23	7.98
=172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.03	0.94	33.88
=172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.03	0.65	22.69
=172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.03	0.72	26.60
177	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.77	52.87
178	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.34

02In 2020

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
177Somalia0.01
172Tanzaniashared0.03
172Tajikistanshared0.03
172Syriashared0.03

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 (%)
HighestBhutan11.84
LowestQatar0.00
Middle country: 1.60
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSomalia52.87
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 7.85

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −4countries joined / left
169values changed, of 178 in both
51 · 118rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Saint Kitts and Nevis2.35 → 3.45+1.10
Eswatini0.17 → 0.84+0.67
Czechia0.74 → 1.38+0.64
Antigua and Barbuda0.75 → 1.19+0.44
United Kingdom0.47 → 0.71+0.24

Fell most

Singapore6.88 → 4.51−2.37
Malta2.19 → 1.29−0.90
Bahamas2.03 → 1.19−0.84
Zambia1.88 → 1.12−0.76
Hong Kong2.05 → 1.41−0.64

− Comoros

− Cuba

− Marshall Islands

− Palau

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 2020.
81 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 9 countries share 0.20. 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) (2020). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2020

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