Data for 2020

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020

2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020 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 2019, 76 values changed (33 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) · Data for 2020

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
2020the year it describes
36distinct 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), 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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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020: 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	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.57	4.14
=2	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.57	4.43
=2	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.57	4.14
5	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	4.50	3.67
=6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.43	4.29
=6	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.43	4.00
=6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.43	4.43
=6	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.43	4.00
=6	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.43	4.43
=6	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.43	3.86
=6	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.43	4.29
13	United StatesUSANorthern America	4.33	4.33
=14	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.29	4.14
=14	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.29	4.71
=14	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.29	4.57
=17	CanadaCANNorthern America	4.17	4.67
=17	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.17	5.00
19	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.14	3.71
=20	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.00	4.00
=20	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	4.00	4.17
=20	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4.00	4.14
=20	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.00	2.67
=20	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	4.00	3.86
=20	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.00	5.00
=20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.00	3.86
=20	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.00	4.57
=20	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	4.00	3.57
=20	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.00	3.86
=20	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.00	4.14
=20	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.00	4.00
=20	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4.00	4.17
=33	BrazilBRASouth America	3.86	4.71
=33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.86	3.43
=33	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.86	4.14
=33	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	3.86	3.57
=33	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.86	4.71
=33	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.86	3.43
=39	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.83	4.50
=39	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3.83	2.67
=41	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.71	3.71
=41	ChileCHLSouth America	3.71	3.86
=41	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3.71	3.57
=41	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.71	4.29
=45	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.67	4.67
=45	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.67	4.00
=45	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	3.67
=45	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.67	3.17
=45	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	4.33
=50	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.57	3.14
=50	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	3.57	4.43
=50	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3.57	3.71
=50	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.57	4.00
=50	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.57	3.71
=50	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.57	4.57
=50	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.57	3.43
=50	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.57	4.86
=50	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	3.57	3.57
=59	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3.50	4.00
=59	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.50	4.33
=59	BelizeBLZCentral America	3.50	2.67
=59	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.50	3.17
=59	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	4.00
=59	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.50	4.00
=65	BeninBENWestern Africa	3.43	4.43
=65	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.43	4.43
=65	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.43	4.00
=65	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.43	2.71
=65	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3.43	3.86
=65	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.43	4.00
=65	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3.43	4.43
=65	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3.43	3.86
=65	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3.43	3.57
=65	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.43	4.43
=65	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.43	3.71
=65	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.43	4.29
=77	CubaCUBCaribbean	3.33	2.83
=77	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3.33	3.33
=79	EcuadorECUSouth America	3.29	2.57
=79	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.29	3.71
=79	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3.29	4.14
=79	IraqIRQWestern Asia	3.29	3.86
=79	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.29	3.71
=79	PeruPERSouth America	3.29	4.00
=79	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.29	2.43
=79	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.29	4.29
=79	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.29	3.71
=88	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.17	4.17
=88	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	3.17	3.50
=88	GabonGABMiddle Africa	3.17	4.67
=88	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.17	4.67
=88	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.17	3.83
=93	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.71
=93	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3.14	3.71
=93	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3.14	4.29
=93	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.14	4.00
=93	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.86
=93	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.14	4.14
=93	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.43
=93	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.14	4.43
=93	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.14	3.57
=93	UruguayURYSouth America	3.14	3.00
=93	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.43
=104	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3.00	3.14
=104	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.00	4.71
=104	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	3.00	4.00
=104	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.00	4.00
=104	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.00	3.00
=104	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.00	3.57
=104	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3.00	2.86
=104	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.00	3.50
=104	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.00	4.57
=104	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	3.00	2.80
=104	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.00	4.00
=115	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.86	4.00
=115	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.86	3.86
=115	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.86	4.43
=115	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2.86	4.29
=115	HaitiHTICaribbean	2.86	2.86
=115	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.86	3.57
=115	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2.86	3.14
=115	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.86	4.71
=115	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.86	4.14
=124	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.83	2.50
=124	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.83	4.17
=124	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.83	4.67
=124	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2.83	3.67
=124	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	2.83	3.17
=124	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.83	4.50
=124	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2.83	3.67
=131	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.71	2.29
=131	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2.71	3.86
=131	HondurasHNDCentral America	2.71	3.14
=131	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.71	4.29
=131	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.71	3.71
=131	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.71	4.14
=131	PanamaPANCentral America	2.71	3.57
=131	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.71	4.43
=131	SurinameSURSouth America	2.71	1.86
=131	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.71	3.00
=131	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.71	4.14
=142	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2.67	4.50
=142	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2.67	3.17
=142	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.67	3.33
=142	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.67	2.17
=142	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2.67	2.67
=142	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	2.67	4.17
=142	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.67	2.67
=149	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.57	4.00
=149	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2.57	3.86
=149	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.57	4.14
=149	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.57	2.57
=149	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.57	4.43
=149	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.57	4.00
=149	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.57	4.14
=156	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.50	3.17
=156	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.50	2.17
=158	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.43	3.86
=158	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2.43	3.86
=158	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.43	4.14
=161	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.33	2.67
=161	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.33	2.50
=161	QatarQATWestern Asia	2.33	2.33
=161	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.33	3.00
=161	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2.33	2.50
=166	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2.29	3.86
=166	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.29	3.29
=166	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2.29	4.00
=169	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.17	4.17
=169	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	2.17	4.00
=171	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.14	2.71
=171	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2.14	3.14
=171	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.14	4.00
=171	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.14	3.43
=171	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.14	3.43
=171	TongaTONPolynesia	2.14	2.71
=177	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.00	2.60
=177	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	2.00	3.50
=177	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.00	3.57
=177	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.00	3.43
=181	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.86	3.71
=181	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	1.86	3.57
=181	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.86	3.14
=184	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.83	4.00
=184	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.83	3.33
=186	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.57	3.00
=186	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.57	2.71

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Dominica4.80
2Greeceshared4.57
2Croatiashared4.57
2Hungaryshared4.57
5Grenada4.50

Lowest

186Vanuatushared1.57
186Lesothoshared1.57
184Tuvalushared1.83
184Turkmenistanshared1.83
181Eswatinishared1.86

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)
Highest2 share it
LowestSuriname1.86
Middle country: 3.86

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

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

+0 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 187 in both
33 · 43rose · fell
111unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe2.14 → 2.71+0.57
Namibia2.29 → 2.71+0.42
Qatar2.00 → 2.33+0.33
Burkina Faso2.71 → 3.00+0.29
Spain4.14 → 4.43+0.29

Fell most

Bulgaria4.00 → 3.57−0.43
Yemen2.43 → 2.00−0.43
Moldova3.71 → 3.29−0.42
Morocco3.67 → 3.33−0.34
Australia3.50 → 3.17−0.33

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 2020.
36 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 13 countries share 4.00. 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), 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sustainable agriculture score in Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020?

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), 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020 cover?

187.

Where can I download Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2020?

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), 2020 the newest?

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

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