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Agricultural Land, 1985

1985, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 1985 covers 177 countries. Uruguay is highest, at 85.322; Suriname is lowest, at 0.505. The middle country reads 36.590. Against 1984, 125 values changed (82 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 1985

HighestUruguay

85.322

LowestSuriname

0.505

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 1985, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 177 countries · select a heading to sort

Agricultural Land, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1UruguayURYSouth America85.322
2PalestinePSEWestern Asia83.389
3MongoliaMNGEastern Asia80.512
4BurundiBDIEastern Africa80.218
5South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa77.515
6BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia77.030
7LesothoLSOSouthern Africa76.021
8SyriaSYRWestern Asia75.911
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe75.096
10EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa74.651
11RwandaRWAEastern Africa73.733
12HungaryHUNEastern Europe72.753
13GreeceGRCSouthern Europe71.249
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe70.890
15DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe70.850
16SomaliaSOMEastern Africa70.177
17Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe69.149
18TuvaluTUVPolynesia66.667
19MoroccoMARNorthern Africa65.870
20Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe65.614
21RomaniaROUEastern Europe65.208
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand63.365
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa63.114
24MadagascarMDGEastern Africa62.240
25PolandPOLEastern Europe61.752

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Uruguay85.322
  2. 2Palestine83.389
  3. 3Mongolia80.512
  4. 4Burundi80.218
  5. 5South Africa77.515

Lowest

  1. 177Suriname0.505
  2. 176Greenland0.689
  3. 175Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
  4. 174Bahamas1.099
  5. 173Papua New Guinea1.828

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.590. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 177 in both
  • 82 · 43rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 1985.

  • 176 distinct values among 177

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 58.055. 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

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 177 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1985). Agricultural Land, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/1985

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07Questions

Agricultural Land, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest agricultural land in Agricultural Land, 1985?

Uruguay, at 85.322, of the 177 countries in the file.

What year does Agricultural Land, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Agricultural Land, 1985 cover?

177.

Where can I download Agricultural Land, 1985?

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

Is Agricultural Land, 1985 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Agricultural Land, 2023.

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