Data for 2018

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2018

2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2018 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Dominica is highest, at 4.80; Vanuatu is lowest, at 1.57. The middle country reads 3.17. Against 2017, 93 values changed (41 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 2018

HighestDominica

4.80

LowestVanuatu

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
2018the year it describes
39distinct 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), 2018, 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), 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	DominicaDMACaribbean	4.80	4.60
2	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.71	4.57
=3	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.57	4.14
=3	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.57	4.14
=3	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.57	4.29
=3	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.57	4.00
7	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	4.50	4.00
=8	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.43	4.57
=8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.43	4.43
=8	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.43	4.57
11	United StatesUSANorthern America	4.33	4.67
=12	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.29	4.14
=12	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.29	4.86
=14	CanadaCANNorthern America	4.17	4.67
=14	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.17	5.00
=16	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.14	4.57
=16	ChileCHLSouth America	4.14	4.86
=16	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	4.14	3.57
=16	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.14	3.86
=16	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.14	3.43
=16	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.14	4.57
=16	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.14	3.86
=23	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.00	4.14
=23	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	4.00	4.17
=23	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4.00	4.29
=23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.00	2.83
=23	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	4.00	4.29
=23	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.00	4.86
=23	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.00	4.14
=23	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.00	4.57
=23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.00	4.29
=23	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4.00	4.50
=23	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.00	3.29
34	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.86	4.57
35	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.83	4.33
=36	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.71	3.00
=36	BrazilBRASouth America	3.71	4.71
=36	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	3.71	4.29
=36	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	3.71	3.00
=36	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.71	3.57
=36	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.71	4.71
=36	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	3.71	4.29
=36	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.71	3.14
=44	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.67	4.33
=44	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.67	3.33
=44	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.67	4.17
=44	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	3.67
=44	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.67	3.67
=49	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3.57	3.43
=49	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.57	3.86
=49	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.57	4.43
=49	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.57	4.57
=49	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.57	4.86
=49	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.57	4.14
=49	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3.57	4.29
=49	PeruPERSouth America	3.57	4.57
=49	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.57	3.86
=58	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3.50	3.67
=58	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.50	3.50
=58	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.50	4.33
=58	BelizeBLZCentral America	3.50	2.50
=58	CubaCUBCaribbean	3.50	4.00
=58	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	3.67
=58	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3.50	4.67
=58	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.50	4.00
=58	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	4.33
=58	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3.50	3.17
=68	BeninBENWestern Africa	3.43	4.43
=68	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3.43	4.29
=68	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3.43	4.43
=68	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.43	4.00
=68	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.43	3.71
=68	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3.43	4.14
=68	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.43	4.57
=68	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.43	3.86
=68	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.43	4.71
=77	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3.33	2.67
=77	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.33	3.83
=79	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.29	2.71
=79	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.29	4.57
=79	EcuadorECUSouth America	3.29	2.71
=79	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.29	3.57
=79	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3.29	2.86
=79	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.29	2.43
=79	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.29	4.43
=79	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3.29	3.57
=79	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.29	2.86
=79	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3.29	2.71
=79	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.29	2.86
=79	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.29	4.14
=79	SurinameSURSouth America	3.29	3.86
=92	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	3.17	3.50
=92	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3.17	4.00
=92	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.17	4.83
=95	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3.14	3.86
=95	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.00
=95	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.14	4.14
=95	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.14	4.57
=95	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.14	3.71
=95	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.43
=101	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.00	4.29
=101	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.00	4.29
=101	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3.00	3.00
=101	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	3.00	4.14
=101	GabonGABMiddle Africa	3.00	4.33
=101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.00	3.29
=101	HondurasHNDCentral America	3.00	3.57
=101	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	3.00	3.83
=101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	3.71
=101	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.00	2.67
=101	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	3.71
=101	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	2.71
=101	PanamaPANCentral America	3.00	3.86
=101	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.00	3.67
=101	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.00	4.29
=101	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.00	3.86
=101	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.00	3.14
=118	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.86	4.29
=118	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.86	2.57
=118	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.86	4.29
=118	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.86	4.43
=118	UruguayURYSouth America	2.86	2.57
=123	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.83	2.00
=123	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.83	2.67
=123	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.83	4.83
126	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.80	2.60
=127	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.71	2.43
=127	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.71	4.29
=127	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2.71	4.14
=127	FijiFJIMelanesia	2.71	4.14
=127	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.71	4.14
=127	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.71	3.00
=127	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2.71	3.00
=127	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.71	4.29
=127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.71	4.29
=136	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2.67	3.67
=136	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2.67	3.00
=136	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.67	3.50
=136	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.67	2.67
=136	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2.67	2.50
=136	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.67	4.33
=136	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	2.67	4.33
=136	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.67	2.50
=144	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2.57	4.00
=144	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.57	4.43
=144	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2.57	4.00
=144	HaitiHTICaribbean	2.57	2.86
=144	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.57	3.00
=144	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.57	4.14
150	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.50	2.83
=151	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.43	4.14
=151	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.43	4.00
=151	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2.43	3.86
=151	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.43	2.57
=151	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.43	4.14
=151	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.43	3.71
=151	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.43	3.43
=151	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2.43	4.29
=151	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.43	2.71
=160	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.33	2.67
=160	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.33	2.17
=160	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.33	2.83
=160	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.33	2.83
=160	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2.33	2.33
=165	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2.29	4.29
=165	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.29	4.29
=165	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.29	3.71
=165	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.29	3.14
=165	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.29	3.71
=170	QatarQATWestern Asia	2.17	2.33
=170	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	2.17	4.00
=172	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.14	3.57
=172	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2.14	3.29
=172	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.14	2.43
=172	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2.14	3.14
=172	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.14	4.14
=172	TongaTONPolynesia	2.14	2.57
=178	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.00	3.43
=178	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.00	4.33
=178	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.00	2.60
=178	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.00	3.43
=182	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.86	3.43
=182	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.86	3.71
=184	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	1.83	2.17
=184	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.83	3.83
186	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.67	2.67
187	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.57	3.14

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Dominica4.80
2Hungary4.71
3Franceshared4.57
3Greeceshared4.57
3Croatiashared4.57

Lowest

187Vanuatu1.57
186Tuvalu1.67
184Turkmenistanshared1.83
184South Sudanshared1.83
182Lesothoshared1.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Trend score (1–5)
HighestSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.00
LowestAntigua and Barbuda2.00
Middle country: 3.86

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

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

+0 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 187 in both
41 · 52rose · fell
94unchanged

Rose most

Benin2.71 → 3.43+0.72
Guyana2.86 → 3.43+0.57
Croatia4.14 → 4.57+0.43
North Macedonia3.57 → 4.00+0.43
Peru3.14 → 3.57+0.43

Fell most

Denmark4.43 → 3.71−0.72
Haiti3.14 → 2.57−0.57
Uruguay3.43 → 2.86−0.57
Bhutan3.17 → 2.67−0.50
Fiji3.14 → 2.71−0.43

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 2018.
39 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), 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sustainable agriculture score in Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2018?

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), 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2018 cover?

187.

Where can I download Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2018?

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), 2018 the newest?

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

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