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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023

2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 4.57; Tuvalu is lowest, at 1.67. The middle country reads 3.14. Against 2022, 87 values changed (34 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) · Data for 2023

Highest3 countries share it

4.57

LowestTuvalu

1.67

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
2023the year it describes
36distinct values2 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 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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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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=1	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.57	4.14
=1	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.57	4.43
=1	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.57	4.00
=4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.43	4.14
=4	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.43	4.14
6	DominicaDMACaribbean	4.40	4.40
7	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	4.33	3.83
=8	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.29	3.43
=8	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.29	4.29
=8	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.29	3.43
=8	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.29	4.14
=8	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.29	4.00
=8	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	4.29	4.43
=8	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.29	4.29
=15	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	4.17	4.33
=15	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.17	3.17
=17	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.14	4.71
=17	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.14	3.71
=17	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.14	3.71
=17	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.14	4.14
=21	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.00	4.43
=21	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.00	4.00
=21	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	4.00	3.67
=21	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.00	4.86
=21	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.00	3.86
=21	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.00	3.83
=21	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.00	3.57
=21	United StatesUSANorthern America	4.00	4.50
=29	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3.86	3.43
=29	BrazilBRASouth America	3.86	4.71
=29	ChileCHLSouth America	3.86	4.43
=29	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.86	3.57
=29	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	3.86	3.71
=29	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.86	4.43
=29	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.86	3.86
=29	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.86	4.71
=29	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.86	4.00
=38	CanadaCANNorthern America	3.83	4.50
=38	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.83	4.67
=40	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.71	3.29
=40	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	3.71	4.14
=40	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.71	4.00
=40	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.71	4.43
=40	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.71	3.86
=45	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.67	4.67
=45	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.67	3.83
=45	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3.67	2.83
=45	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.67	4.00
=45	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.67	3.17
=45	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	4.33
=51	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.57	3.86
=51	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3.57	2.86
=51	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3.57	3.86
=51	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.57	4.71
=51	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3.57	4.43
=51	PeruPERSouth America	3.57	4.57
=51	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.57	3.57
=58	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3.50	4.00
=58	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.50	4.17
=58	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.50	4.33
=58	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.50	3.50
=58	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	4.00
=58	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	3.50
=58	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3.50	3.67
=65	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.43	3.00
=65	BeninBENWestern Africa	3.43	4.29
=65	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	3.43	4.00
=65	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3.43	3.57
=65	EcuadorECUSouth America	3.43	3.14
=65	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3.43	4.43
=65	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.43	4.29
=65	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.43	4.00
=65	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.43	3.43
=65	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.43	4.14
=65	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.43	4.00
=65	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	3.43	2.86
=77	BelizeBLZCentral America	3.33	3.33
=77	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.33	4.83
=77	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.33	3.33
=80	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.29	4.57
=80	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.29	3.86
=80	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.29	3.57
=80	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.29	3.86
=80	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.29	3.14
=80	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3.29	4.00
=80	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3.29	3.14
=80	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.29	4.43
=80	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.29	2.57
=80	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.29	4.00
=80	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.29	3.71
=91	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	3.17	3.50
=91	CubaCUBCaribbean	3.17	3.00
=91	GabonGABMiddle Africa	3.17	4.67
=94	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3.14	3.14
=94	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.86
=94	ColombiaCOLSouth America	3.14	3.71
=94	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.14	4.00
=94	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.29
=94	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.14	4.14
=94	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.14	3.57
=94	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.14
=102	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	3.00	2.29
=102	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.00	4.57
=102	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3.00	4.29
=102	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3.00	4.00
=102	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.00	3.86
=102	HaitiHTICaribbean	3.00	2.86
=102	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3.00	3.71
=102	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.00	3.33
=102	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.00	4.00
=102	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.00	4.43
=102	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.00	4.29
=113	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.86	4.14
=113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.86	4.14
=113	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.86	3.86
=113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2.86	4.29
=113	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	2.86	3.86
=113	HondurasHNDCentral America	2.86	3.29
=113	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.86	4.43
=113	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.86	4.14
=113	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.86	3.29
=113	SurinameSURSouth America	2.86	2.00
=113	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2.86	3.71
=113	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.86	4.14
=125	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.83	3.83
=125	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.83	4.67
=125	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	2.83	3.17
=125	IranIRNSouthern Asia	2.83	3.00
=125	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.83	4.50
=125	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	2.83	3.67
=125	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.83	3.17
132	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.80	2.80
=133	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2.71	4.14
=133	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.71	3.29
=133	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.71	4.29
=133	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.71	4.29
=133	PanamaPANCentral America	2.71	3.00
=133	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.71	4.43
=133	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.71	3.86
=133	UruguayURYSouth America	2.71	3.00
=141	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.67	3.17
=141	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2.67	3.50
=141	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2.67	3.17
=141	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.67	3.50
=141	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.67	2.17
=141	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	2.67	3.67
=147	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.57	4.29
=147	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2.57	4.29
=147	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2.57	4.29
=147	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.57	2.86
=151	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.50	3.17
=151	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.50	2.00
=153	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.43	4.00
=153	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.43	2.57
=153	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2.43	3.71
=153	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.43	4.00
=153	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.43	3.71
=153	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.43	4.14
=159	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.33	4.00
=159	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.33	2.67
=159	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2.33	2.67
=159	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.33	2.50
=159	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.33	3.17
=164	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.29	4.14
=164	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.29	3.86
=164	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.29	3.43
=164	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2.29	3.29
=168	QatarQATWestern Asia	2.17	2.83
=168	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	2.17	3.83
=168	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2.17	2.83
=171	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.14	3.86
=171	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.14	3.43
=171	TongaTONPolynesia	2.14	2.71
=171	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	2.14	3.71
=171	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.14	3.29
=176	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.00	3.71
=176	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.00	3.00
=176	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2.00	3.29
=176	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.00	2.60
=176	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.00	3.43
=176	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	2.00	3.33
=176	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	2.00	3.00
=183	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.86	3.29
=183	MaliMLIWestern Africa	1.86	3.14
=185	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.71	3.14
=185	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.71	4.14
187	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.67	3.17

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Germanyshared4.57
1Franceshared4.57
1Italyshared4.57
4Austriashared4.43
4Czechiashared4.43

Lowest

187Tuvalu1.67
185Lesothoshared1.71
185Botswanashared1.71
183Eswatinishared1.86
183Malishared1.86

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)
HighestPoland4.86
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.86

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

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

+0 / −0countries joined / left
87values changed, of 187 in both
34 · 53rose · fell
100unchanged

Rose most

Fiji3.00 → 3.43+0.43
Azerbaijan3.17 → 3.50+0.33
Guyana3.14 → 3.43+0.29
Jordan3.14 → 3.43+0.29
Niger2.00 → 2.29+0.29

Fell most

Uruguay3.43 → 2.71−0.72
Mauritius4.14 → 3.57−0.57
Malawi3.86 → 3.29−0.57
Syria3.33 → 2.83−0.50
Canada4.17 → 3.83−0.34

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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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.
36 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 12 countries share 3.43. 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), 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sustainable agriculture score in Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023?

3 countries share the highest reading, 4.57, so no single country is named.

What year does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023 cover?

187.

Where can I download Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2023?

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), 2023 the newest?

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

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