Data for 2017

Agricultural Land, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Agricultural Land, 2017 covers 210 countries. Turkmenistan is highest, at 81.424; Suriname is lowest, at 0.523. The middle country reads 38.678. Against 2016, 153 values changed (87 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Agricultural Land · Data for 2017

HighestTurkmenistan

81.424

LowestSuriname

0.523

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.

210countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
210distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Agricultural Land, 2017, 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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Agricultural Land, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	81.424
2	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	81.273
3	UruguayURYSouth America	81.264
4	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	80.759
5	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	80.088
6	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	79.644
7	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	79.418
8	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	77.704
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	77.687
10	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	75.805
11	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	74.337
12	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	73.460
13	HaitiHTICaribbean	72.932
14	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	72.864
15	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	72.195
16	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	71.888
17	UkraineUKREastern Europe	71.619
18	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	71.467
19	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	71.388
20	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	70.877
21	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	70.579
22	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	70.456
23	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	70.339
24	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	70.290
25	TogoTGOWestern Africa	70.233
26	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	70.000
27	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	69.564
28	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	69.019
29	GuineaGINWestern Africa	67.285
30	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	65.818
31	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	65.783
32	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	65.162
33	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	62.712
34	EritreaERIEastern Africa	62.707
35	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	62.648
36	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	61.699
37	CubaCUBCaribbean	60.694
38	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	60.284
39	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	60.150
40	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	60.000
41	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	58.872
42	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	58.166
43	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	58.145
44	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	58.124
45	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	58.109
46	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	57.953
47	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	57.796
48	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	55.623
49	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	54.954
50	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	54.710
51	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	54.024
52	FranceFRAWestern Europe	53.247
53	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	53.107
54	SpainESPSouthern Europe	52.639
55	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	52.580
56	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	52.386
57	ParaguayPRYSouth America	51.185
58	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	50.946
59	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	50.359
60	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	50.198
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	49.871
62	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	49.328
63	KenyaKENEastern Africa	48.929
64	TongaTONPolynesia	48.611
65	SenegalSENWestern Africa	48.424
66	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	48.341
67	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	48.001
68	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	47.763
69	PolandPOLEastern Europe	47.232
70	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47.141
71	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	46.963
72	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	46.859
73	United StatesUSANorthern America	46.706
74	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	46.667
75	Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe	46.566
76	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	46.329
77	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	45.633
78	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	45.603
79	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	44.817
80	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	44.720
81	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	44.596
82	YemenYEMWestern Asia	44.419
83	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	43.898
84	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	43.748
85	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	43.516
86	ItalyITASouthern Europe	43.374
87	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	43.065
88	ArgentinaARGSouth America	42.983
89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	42.857
90	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	42.708
91	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	42.224
92	NicaraguaNICCentral America	42.222
93	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	42.214
94	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	41.975
95	BelarusBLREastern Europe	41.845
96	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	41.822
97	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	40.424
98	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	40.100
99	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	40.043
100	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	39.976
101	ColombiaCOLSouth America	39.195
102	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	39.092
103	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	39.081
104	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	38.889
105	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	38.828
106	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	38.527
107	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	38.504
108	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	38.333
109	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	38.260
110	NigerNERWestern Africa	36.785
111	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	36.709
112	BeninBENWestern Africa	36.302
113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	35.023
114	MaliMLIWestern Africa	34.740
115	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	34.319
116	Costa RicaCRICentral America	33.809
117	DominicaDMACaribbean	33.333
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	33.264
119	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	32.770
120	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	32.438
121	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	32.375
122	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	32.169
123	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	32.068
124	GuamGUMMicronesia	31.481
125	HondurasHNDCentral America	31.173
126	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	31.117
127	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	31.064
128	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	30.541
129	IsraelISRWestern Asia	29.760
130	PanamaPANCentral America	29.722
131	IranIRNSouthern Asia	28.619
132	BrazilBRASouth America	28.341
133	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	28.268
134	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	27.760
135	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	27.680
136	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	27.540
137	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	26.749
138	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	26.087
139	VenezuelaVENSouth America	24.375
140	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	23.529
141	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	23.256
142	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	23.077
143	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	22.972
144	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	22.971
145	EcuadorECUSouth America	22.508
146	SamoaWSMPolynesia	22.302
147	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	21.568
148	IraqIRQWestern Asia	21.512
149	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	21.333
150	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	20.670
151	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	20.455
152	NauruNRUMicronesia	20.000
153	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	19.998
154	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	19.603
155	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	19.594
156	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	19.484
157	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	19.056
158	PeruPERSouth America	18.945
159	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	18.673
160	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	17.949
161	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	17.355
162	FijiFJIMelanesia	17.198
163	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	17.195
164	ChileCHLSouth America	16.575
165	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	16.295
166	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	15.340
167	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	14.684
168	American SamoaASMPolynesia	13.900
169	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	13.449
170	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	13.158
171	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	13.141
172	JapanJPNEastern Asia	13.108
173	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	11.429
174	JordanJORWestern Asia	11.343
175	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	11.250
176	ArubaABWCaribbean	11.111
177	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	10.526
178	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	10.397
179	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	10.224
180	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	10.067
181	PalauPLWMicronesia	9.348
182	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	8.934
183	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	8.724
184	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	8.496
185	GabonGABMiddle Africa	8.357
186	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.894
187	BelizeBLZCentral America	7.541
188	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	7.469
189	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	7.393
190	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	7.143
191	CanadaCANNorthern America	6.454
192	QatarQATWestern Asia	6.266
193	BermudaBMUNorthern America	5.556
194	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	5.404
195	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	4.857
196	OmanOMNWestern Asia	4.688
197	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.855
198	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.727
199	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	3.696
200	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	3.669
201	GuyanaGUYSouth America	3.653
202	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.370
203	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.103
204	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.698
205	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	2.543
206	BahamasBHSCaribbean	1.299
207	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	1.053
208	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.927
209	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.592
210	SurinameSURSouth America	0.523

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Turkmenistan81.424
2Rwanda81.273
3Uruguay81.264
4Saudi Arabia80.759
5Kazakhstan80.088

Lowest

210Suriname0.523
209Greenland0.592
208Singapore0.927
207Turks and Caicos Islands1.053
206Bahamas1.299

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 210 in both
87 · 66rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Israel25.508 → 29.760+4.251
Australia44.540 → 48.341+3.801
Côte d’Ivoire75.427 → 77.704+2.278
Lesotho77.602 → 79.644+2.042
Benin34.380 → 36.302+1.921

Fell most

Haiti75.036 → 72.932−2.104
Samoa24.314 → 22.302−2.012
Ghana54.311 → 53.107−1.204
Colombia40.350 → 39.195−1.155
Gambia63.636 → 62.648−0.988

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.

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 2017.
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 210 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Agricultural Land, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/agricultural-land/2017

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