Data for 2023

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2023

Name: Agriculture Orientation Index, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agriculture Orientation Index, 2023 covers 166 countries on 3 measures. Malta is highest, at 25.32; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.02. The middle country reads 0.31. Against 2022, 145 values changed (80 up, 65 down), 7 left.

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Agriculture Orientation Index · Data for 2023

HighestMalta

25.32

Lowest3 countries share it

0.02

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

166countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
84distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agriculture Orientation Index, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.32	1.12	0.04
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5.74	0.17	0.03
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	3.67	0.18	0.05
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.35	0.77	0.23
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.08	1.92	0.62
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.40	1.07	0.45
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.28	3.26	1.43
8	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.21	6.68	3.03
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.14	3.39	1.58
10	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.05	2.31	1.13
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.04	2.11	1.03
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.59	2.24	1.41
13	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.53	2.28	1.49
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.28	2.38	1.85
15	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.25	0.88	0.70
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.21	1.06	0.88
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.18	1.39	1.18
=18	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.09	0.52	0.48
=18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.09	1.88	1.73
20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.07	5.59	5.23
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.06	0.87	0.82
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.97	0.56	0.58
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.95	2.39	2.52
24	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.89	6.44	7.25
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.87	6.55	7.49
26	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.85	2.40	2.82
27	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.81	6.66	8.27
28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.80	3.47	4.35
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.79	1.41	1.78
=30	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.78	8.53	11.00
=30	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.78	1.90	2.44
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.77	0.58	0.76
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.70	0.84	1.19
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.68	5.85	8.57
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.64	1.53	2.39
=36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.62	9.31	14.96
=36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.62	0.95	1.52
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.61	0.79	1.30
=39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.59	1.14	1.91
=39	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.59	1.23	2.10
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.56	1.42	2.53
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.53	3.48	6.54
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.51	1.41	2.75
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.50	0.42	0.84
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.49	2.17	4.45
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.47	2.21	4.68
47	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.46	4.42	9.71
=48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.45	0.13	0.28
=48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.45	0.86	1.93
=48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.45	2.72	6.01
=48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.45	2.79	6.16
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.44	3.65	8.28
=53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43	2.38	5.54
=53	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.43	1.81	4.21
=55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.42	1.21	2.88
=55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.42	0.98	2.31
=55	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.42	6.80	16.00
=55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.42	4.71	11.11
=55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.42	1.04	2.50
60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.41	4.58	11.06
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.40	4.73	11.96
=62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.38	4.96	13.09
=62	Chile`CHL`South America	0.38	1.35	3.52
=62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.38	2.40	6.37
=62	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.38	1.44	3.82
=62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.38	1.45	3.84
=67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.37	3.16	8.44
=67	Peru`PER`South America	0.37	2.62	7.19
=67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.37	3.50	9.47
=70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.36	0.38	1.05
=70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.36	0.77	2.12
=70	United States`USA`Northern America	0.36	0.35	0.99
=73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.34	0.75	2.22
=73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.34	0.93	2.72
=73	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.34	8.86	26.07
=76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.33	0.91	2.80
=76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.33	1.26	3.84
=76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.33	7.07	21.19
=79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.32	5.69	17.88
=79	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.32	0.63	2.00
=79	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.32	8.44	26.46
=82	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.31	1.04	3.36
=82	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.31	3.60	11.64
=84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.30	1.38	4.61
=84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30	3.57	11.73
=84	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.30	0.71	2.37
=84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.30	2.84	9.40
=84	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.30	1.15	3.88
=84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30	1.14	3.73
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.28	2.66	9.36
=91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.27	4.19	15.76
=91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.27	2.44	9.02
=91	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.27	4.98	18.74
=91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.27	2.09	7.72
=95	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.26	0.26	0.99
=95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.26	5.90	22.87
=97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.25	0.83	3.34
=97	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.25	0.83	3.28
=97	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.25	0.96	3.85
=100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.24	1.50	6.31
=100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.24	0.45	1.86
=100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.24	1.59	6.64
=100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.24	3.16	13.12
104	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.23	0.41	1.74
=105	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.22	6.15	28.61
=105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.22	1.14	5.11
=105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.22	3.94	18.22
=108	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.21	3.40	16.33
=108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.21	2.52	11.98
=108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.21	0.36	1.72
=111	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.20	0.75	3.80
=111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.20	2.54	12.53
=111	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.20	1.09	5.47
=114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.19	0.14	0.77
=114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.19	4.30	22.40
=116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.18	2.99	16.83
=116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.18	1.39	7.74
=116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.18	3.16	17.51
=119	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.17	1.46	8.36
=119	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.17	4.07	24.29
=121	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.16	1.67	10.60
=121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.16	1.62	10.19
=121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.16	3.73	22.99
=124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.15	3.87	25.40
=124	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.15	0.92	6.02
=124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.15	1.43	9.65
=127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.14	2.48	18.27
=127	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.14	0.82	5.93
=127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.14	6.07	44.70
=127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.14	3.24	22.72
=127	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.14	1.60	11.29
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.13	0.65	4.80
=133	Colombia`COL`South America	0.12	1.02	8.73
=133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.12	2.15	17.39
=133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.12	2.69	23.37
=133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.12	2.20	17.93
=133	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.12	0.86	7.44
=138	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.11	2.46	21.81
=138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.11	2.41	21.00
=138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.11	2.67	23.56
=141	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.10	0.93	9.60
=141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.10	3.12	29.84
=141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.10	3.62	35.11
=141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.10	4.92	47.81
=141	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.10	0.27	2.71
=146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.09	1.23	14.37
=146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.09	3.22	35.79
=146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.09	0.86	9.77
=146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.09	2.51	27.06
=146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.09	3.22	34.31
151	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.08	0.64	7.68
=152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.07	2.13	29.30
=152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.07	1.18	18.15
154	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.06	0.28	4.65
=155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.05	1.70	34.52
=155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.05	1.74	34.17
=155	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.05	0.27	5.37
=158	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.04	1.15	27.19
=158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.04	1.03	25.91
=158	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.04	0.58	15.34
=161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.03	0.44	14.89
=161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.03	0.53	20.13
=161	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.03	0.20	7.41
=164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.02	0.53	21.10
=164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.02	0.71	29.07
=164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.02	1.00	52.87

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Malta25.32
2Singapore5.74
3Hong Kong3.67
4Luxembourg3.35
5Switzerland3.08

Lowest

164Somaliashared0.02
164Sierra Leoneshared0.02
164Ghanashared0.02
161Ukraineshared0.03
161Liberiashared0.03

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Agriculture share of government spending (%)
HighestBhutan9.31
LowestBahrain0.13
Middle country: 1.65
Agriculture share of GDP (%)
HighestSomalia52.87
LowestSingapore0.03
Middle country: 6.46

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −7countries joined / left
145values changed, of 166 in both
80 · 65rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Malta1.28 → 25.32+24.04
Zambia1.35 → 2.21+0.86
Serbia0.37 → 1.07+0.70
Saint Lucia1.41 → 2.05+0.64
Hong Kong3.08 → 3.67+0.59

Fell most

Bahrain1.14 → 0.45−0.69
Singapore6.30 → 5.74−0.56
Seychelles1.34 → 0.85−0.49
Lebanon0.39 → 0.06−0.33
Barbados1.53 → 1.28−0.25

− Cameroon

− Gambia

− Kuwait

− South Sudan

− Syria

− Timor-Leste

− Tuvalu

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 2023.
84 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 6 countries share 0.30. 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 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Agriculture Orientation Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agriculture-orientation/2023

0624 held

Other years

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