Data for 2017

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017

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

Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Dominica is highest, at 4.80; Vanuatu is lowest, at 1.57. The middle country reads 3.14. Against 2016, 96 values changed (51 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) · Data for 2017

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
2017the year it describes
37distinct 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), 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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Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017: 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	FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.57	4.14
=2	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.57	4.29
=2	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.57	4.14
5	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	4.50	4.00
=6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	4.43	4.57
=6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.43	4.71
=6	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.43	4.43
=6	ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.43	3.86
10	United StatesUSANorthern America	4.33	4.67
=11	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.29	3.71
=11	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.29	4.57
=11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.29	5.00
=14	CanadaCANNorthern America	4.17	4.67
=14	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.17	2.17
=14	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	4.17	5.00
=17	ChileCHLSouth America	4.14	4.14
=17	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.14	3.57
=17	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	4.14	3.71
=17	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.14	3.71
=17	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.14	5.00
=17	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	4.14	3.43
=17	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.14	4.14
=17	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.14	3.57
=25	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.00	4.29
=25	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.00	4.43
=25	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	4.00	3.29
=25	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	4.00	4.29
=25	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	4.00	4.71
=25	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	4.00	3.71
=25	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.00	3.71
=25	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	4.00	4.14
=25	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.00	3.43
=34	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.86	3.71
=34	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3.86	3.71
=34	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.86	4.43
=37	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.83	4.17
=37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.83	3.67
=37	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.83	3.50
=37	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3.83	4.67
=41	BrazilBRASouth America	3.71	4.71
=41	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	3.71	3.00
=41	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	3.71	3.00
=41	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.71	4.71
=41	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.71	4.43
=41	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.71	2.86
=47	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	3.67	4.33
=47	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.67	3.67
=47	BelizeBLZCentral America	3.67	3.33
=47	CubaCUBCaribbean	3.67	5.00
=47	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3.67	3.50
=47	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.67	4.50
=47	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	3.67	3.50
=47	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.67	3.67
=55	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.57	3.29
=55	Costa RicaCRICentral America	3.57	3.29
=55	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.57	3.71
=55	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.57	3.86
=55	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.57	3.57
=55	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.57	4.14
=55	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3.57	2.71
=55	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.57	4.00
=63	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	3.50	3.67
=63	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.50	4.33
=63	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	4.00
=63	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	3.50	2.50
=63	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	3.50	4.17
=63	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.50	4.33
=69	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	3.43	4.29
=69	EcuadorECUSouth America	3.43	2.86
=69	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.43	3.71
=69	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	3.43	4.43
=69	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.43	3.71
=69	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	3.43	3.57
=69	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	3.43	4.29
=69	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	3.43	3.57
=69	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	3.43	4.57
=69	UruguayURYSouth America	3.43	3.86
=79	IranIRNSouthern Asia	3.33	3.00
=79	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.33	4.00
=81	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.29	3.00
=81	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	3.29	4.57
=81	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.29	3.00
=81	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.29	4.43
=81	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	3.29	4.43
=81	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.29	2.71
=81	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.29	4.14
=88	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	3.17	4.83
=88	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3.17	3.83
=88	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.17	4.33
=88	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.17	3.83
=88	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	3.17	3.33
=93	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	3.14	2.86
=93	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.57
=93	FijiFJIMelanesia	3.14	3.86
=93	HaitiHTICaribbean	3.14	3.14
=93	HondurasHNDCentral America	3.14	3.43
=93	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.86
=93	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.14	4.00
=93	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.29
=93	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	3.14	2.86
=93	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	3.86
=93	PeruPERSouth America	3.14	4.14
=93	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.14	3.71
=93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	3.14	3.57
=93	SurinameSURSouth America	3.14	3.71
=93	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.14	2.29
=93	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.14	4.29
=109	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	3.00	3.50
=109	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.00	3.57
=109	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	3.00	4.14
=109	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	3.00	3.83
=109	PanamaPANCentral America	3.00	3.86
=109	ParaguayPRYSouth America	3.00	4.43
=109	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	3.00	3.20
=109	SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.00	4.57
=109	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.00	3.57
=118	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.86	3.86
=118	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.86	3.57
=118	ColombiaCOLSouth America	2.86	3.43
=118	GuyanaGUYSouth America	2.86	3.43
=118	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	2.86	3.00
=118	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.86	4.71
=118	TogoTGOWestern Africa	2.86	4.43
=118	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.86	3.71
=126	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	2.83	2.00
=126	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.83	4.17
=126	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	2.83	4.67
=126	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2.83	4.00
=126	OmanOMNWestern Asia	2.83	4.50
=126	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	2.83	2.17
=132	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.71	2.57
=132	BeninBENWestern Africa	2.71	3.71
=132	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.71	2.86
=132	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	2.71	3.00
=132	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.71	4.57
=132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.71	2.71
=132	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.71	4.43
=132	VenezuelaVENSouth America	2.71	2.71
=140	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	2.67	3.00
=140	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.67	2.83
=140	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.67	3.17
=140	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	2.67	4.33
=144	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	2.57	4.14
=144	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	2.57	4.57
=144	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	2.57	4.57
=144	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	2.57	4.14
=144	NicaraguaNICCentral America	2.57	3.86
=144	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	2.57	3.57
=144	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.57	3.57
151	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.50	3.00
=152	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	2.43	2.14
=152	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	2.43	3.86
=152	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	2.43	4.29
=152	YemenYEMWestern Asia	2.43	2.57
=152	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.43	4.14
=157	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.33	3.83
=157	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.33	2.67
=157	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	2.33	1.83
=157	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.33	2.17
=157	NauruNRUMicronesia	2.33	2.83
=157	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	2.33	2.50
=157	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	2.33	2.17
=164	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.29	3.86
=164	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.29	4.00
=164	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	2.29	3.43
=167	QatarQATWestern Asia	2.17	1.83
=167	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	2.17	4.17
=169	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	2.14	2.43
=169	IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.14	2.14
=169	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	2.14	4.29
=169	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	2.14	2.57
=169	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	2.14	4.14
=169	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.14	2.71
=169	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	2.14	3.43
=169	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.14	3.57
=169	TongaTONPolynesia	2.14	2.57
=169	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.14	4.00
=179	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	2.00	4.00
=179	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.00	3.29
=179	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	2.00	3.00
=179	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	2.00	2.80
=179	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	2.00	2.67
184	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.86	3.43
185	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.83	3.67
186	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.67	2.50
187	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.57	3.14

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Dominica4.80
2Franceshared4.57
2Greeceshared4.57
2Hungaryshared4.57
5Grenada4.50

Lowest

187Vanuatu1.57
186Tuvalu1.67
185Turkmenistan1.83
184Botswana1.86
179Eswatinishared2.00

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)
Highest4 share it
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.71

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
96values changed, of 187 in both
51 · 45rose · fell
91unchanged

Rose most

Oman2.17 → 2.83+0.66
Lesotho1.57 → 2.14+0.57
Mauritius3.43 → 4.00+0.57
Ghana3.00 → 3.43+0.43
Denmark4.14 → 4.43+0.29

Fell most

Guyana3.43 → 2.86−0.57
Samoa2.57 → 2.14−0.43
Iran3.67 → 3.33−0.34
Libya2.67 → 2.33−0.34
Afghanistan2.29 → 2.00−0.29

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 2017.
37 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 16 countries share 3.14. 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), 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest sustainable agriculture score in Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017?

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), 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017 cover?

187.

Where can I download Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2017?

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), 2017 the newest?

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

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