Data for 2016

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016

2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Dominica is highest, at 4.80; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 1.57. The middle country reads 3.14. Against 2015, 91 values changed (39 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) · Data for 2016

HighestDominica

4.80

Lowest2 countries share it

1.57

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

187countries
2measures per country
2016the year it describes
37distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016, 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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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	DominicaDMACaribbean	4.80	5.00
2	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	4.67	4.67
=3	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.57	4.71
=3	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.57	3.57
=3	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.57	4.57
=3	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.57	4.29
=7	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.43	4.71
=7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.43	4.43
=9	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.29	4.57
=9	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.29	3.71
=9	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.29	5.00
=9	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.29	4.43
=9	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.29	4.57
=14	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.17	5.00
=14	United StatesUSANorthern America	4.17	4.50
=16	ChileCHLSouth America	4.14	4.57
=16	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.14	3.71
=16	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.14	4.14
=16	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.14	3.86
=16	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.14	5.00
=16	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.14	4.57
=22	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.00	4.29
=22	CanadaCANNorthern America	4.00	4.67
=22	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4.00	4.29
=22	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.00	2.17
=22	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.00	3.43
=22	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.00	3.29
=22	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.00	3.00
=29	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3.86	3.57
=29	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.86	3.14
=29	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.86	4.00
=29	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.86	4.00
=29	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3.86	4.00
=29	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3.86	3.14
=29	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.86	4.00
=29	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.86	3.29
=29	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.86	3.43
=38	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.83	3.83
=38	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.83	4.17
=38	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3.83	4.50
=41	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	3.71	4.14
=41	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.71	4.43
=41	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.71	4.71
=41	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	3.71	3.86
=45	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.67	4.00
=45	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3.67	4.50
=45	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.67	5.00
=45	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.67	4.50
=45	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.67	3.17
=45	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	3.67
=45	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3.67	2.83
=45	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.67	4.00
=45	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	3.67
=45	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.67	3.83
=45	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.67	3.67
=56	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.57	3.29
=56	BrazilBRASouth America	3.57	3.00
=56	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.57	4.71
=56	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3.57	4.43
=56	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3.57	4.29
=56	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.57	3.43
=56	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.57	3.43
=63	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.50	4.00
=63	BelizeBLZCentral America	3.50	2.33
=63	CubaCUBCaribbean	3.50	4.83
=63	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3.50	2.83
=63	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	3.67
=68	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3.43	4.29
=68	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3.43	3.14
=68	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.43	3.00
=68	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3.43	3.00
=68	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.43	3.00
=68	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.43	4.86
=68	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.43	4.14
=68	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3.43	3.86
=68	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.43	4.00
77	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.33	3.67
=78	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.29	3.29
=78	EcuadorECUSouth America	3.29	2.43
=78	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.29	3.29
=78	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.29	3.71
=78	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.29	3.00
=78	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3.29	4.00
=78	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3.29	4.00
=78	PeruPERSouth America	3.29	4.43
=78	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.29	4.43
=78	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.29	3.29
=78	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.29	2.29
=78	SurinameSURSouth America	3.29	3.57
=78	UruguayURYSouth America	3.29	2.71
=91	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	3.17	3.50
=91	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	3.17	5.00
=91	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.17	4.33
=94	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3.14	2.57
=94	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.14	4.00
=94	HaitiHTICaribbean	3.14	3.00
=94	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.00
=94	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.14	3.57
=94	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3.14	4.14
=94	PanamaPANCentral America	3.14	3.29
=94	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.14	2.43
=94	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.14	3.57
=94	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.29
=94	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.29
=105	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	4.43
=105	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.00	4.00
=105	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3.00	3.43
=105	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3.00	3.67
=105	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	3.00	3.86
=105	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.00	3.00
=105	GabonGABMiddle Africa	3.00	3.83
=105	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.00	3.29
=105	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	3.00	3.83
=105	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	3.57
=105	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3.00	4.00
=105	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.00	3.50
=105	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.00	4.29
=105	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3.00	3.00
=105	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.00	3.57
=105	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	3.00	3.57
=105	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	3.00	3.00
=122	BeninBENWestern Africa	2.86	4.14
=122	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.86	4.71
=122	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.86	2.71
=122	HondurasHNDCentral America	2.86	3.86
=122	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.86	4.43
=122	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	2.86	2.71
=128	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.83	2.00
=128	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.83	3.17
=128	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.83	4.33
131	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.80	3.60
=132	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2.71	4.43
=132	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.71	4.71
=132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.71	2.57
=132	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.71	4.71
=132	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.71	4.43
=132	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.71	2.71
=138	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2.67	3.17
=138	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.67	2.33
=138	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2.67	2.33
=138	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	2.67	4.33
=142	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.57	1.86
=142	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.57	4.57
=142	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.57	4.00
=142	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.57	4.43
=142	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2.57	3.57
=142	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2.57	2.86
=142	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.57	4.43
=142	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.57	3.71
=142	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.57	3.57
=151	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.50	3.50
=151	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.50	2.67
=151	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.50	2.83
=154	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.43	4.71
=154	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.43	2.43
=154	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.43	2.57
=154	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.43	2.86
=154	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.43	2.57
=159	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.33	4.33
=159	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.33	3.67
=159	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.33	2.83
=159	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.33	2.50
=163	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.29	4.14
=163	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2.29	3.57
=163	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.29	4.00
=163	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.29	2.43
=163	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2.29	3.57
=168	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.17	4.33
=168	QatarQATWestern Asia	2.17	1.67
=168	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	2.17	3.33
=168	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	2.17	2.17
=168	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2.17	2.50
=173	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2.14	2.86
=173	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.14	3.43
=173	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.14	2.14
=173	TongaTONPolynesia	2.14	2.71
=173	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.14	3.71
=173	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.14	3.14
=179	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2.00	2.00
=179	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2.00	3.86
=179	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.00	2.40
=182	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.86	4.00
=182	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	1.86	3.29
184	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.83	3.67
185	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.67	2.83
=186	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.57	2.43
=186	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.57	3.14

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Dominica4.80
2Grenada4.67
3Austriashared4.57
3Greeceshared4.57
3Hungaryshared4.57

Lowest

186Vanuatushared1.57
186Lesothoshared1.57
185Tuvalu1.67
184Turkmenistan1.83
182DR Congoshared1.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Trend score (1–5)
Highest6 share it
LowestQatar1.67
Middle country: 3.67

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 187 in both
39 · 52rose · fell
96unchanged

Rose most

Senegal2.71 → 3.29+0.58
Morocco3.33 → 3.67+0.34
São Tomé and Príncipe3.33 → 3.67+0.34
Central African Republic2.50 → 2.83+0.33
Bolivia2.86 → 3.14+0.28

Fell most

North Korea4.00 → 3.50−0.50
Estonia3.86 → 3.43−0.43
Luxembourg3.86 → 3.43−0.43
Kenya3.00 → 2.71−0.29
Türkiye4.29 → 4.00−0.29

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.

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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 2016.
37 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 17 countries share 3.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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0610 held

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07Questions

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sustainable agriculture score in Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016?

Dominica, at 4.80, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016 cover?

187.

Where can I download Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024.

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