2.4.1 [PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture, current status score — Value by country

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Countries reporting
180
Highest
4.57 Score
Germany
Lowest
1 Score
Faroe Islands
Median
3.16 Score
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
2,329

What the numbers show

2.4.1 [PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture, current status score — Value is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 4.57 Score in Germany; the lowest is 1 Score in Faroe Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.16 Score, and the mean is 3.16 Score.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 36.3%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 26.2%).

2.4.1 [PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 4.57 Score 2024 up 3.2% flat
1 France 4.57 Score 2024 unchanged flat
1 Italy 4.57 Score 2024 unchanged flat
4 Palestine, State of 4.5 Score 2024 up 22.6% rising
5 Austria 4.43 Score 2024 unchanged flat
5 Czechia 4.43 Score 2024 up 7.0% rising
7 Dominica 4.4 Score 2024 down 8.3% falling
8 Grenada 4.33 Score 2024 down 7.3% falling
9 Croatia 4.29 Score 2024 unchanged flat
9 Hungary 4.29 Score 2024 down 8.9% falling
9 Lebanon 4.29 Score 2024 up 7.2% rising
9 North Macedonia 4.29 Score 2024 up 15.6% rising
9 Malta 4.29 Score 2024 up 3.6% flat
9 Serbia 4.29 Score 2024 unchanged flat
9 Slovakia 4.29 Score 2024 up 3.6% flat
16 Réunion 4.25 Score 2024 unchanged flat
17 Japan 4.17 Score 2024 unchanged flat
17 China, mainland 4.17 Score 2024 up 8.9% rising
19 Denmark 4.14 Score 2024 down 3.5% flat
19 Spain 4.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
19 Romania 4.14 Score 2024 down 3.5% flat
22 Bulgaria 4 Score 2024 unchanged flat
22 Greece 4 Score 2024 down 12.5% falling
22 Guatemala 4 Score 2024 up 3.6% rising
22 Morocco 4 Score 2024 up 20.1% rising
22 Poland 4 Score 2024 down 3.4% flat
22 Portugal 4 Score 2024 up 7.8% rising
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 Score 2024 down 4.1% falling
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 Score 2024 down 3.4% flat
30 Belgium 3.86 Score 2024 unchanged flat
30 Brazil 3.86 Score 2024 up 4.0% rising
30 Chile 3.86 Score 2024 down 3.5% falling
30 Cyprus 3.86 Score 2024 unchanged flat
30 Luxembourg 3.86 Score 2024 unchanged rising
30 Sweden 3.86 Score 2024 down 6.8% flat
30 Russian Federation 3.86 Score 2024 unchanged flat
37 Canada 3.83 Score 2024 unchanged flat
37 New Zealand 3.83 Score 2024 unchanged flat
39 Argentina 3.71 Score 2024 up 8.2% rising
39 Switzerland 3.71 Score 2024 down 7.2% falling
39 Dominican Republic 3.71 Score 2024 down 3.9% falling
39 Finland 3.71 Score 2024 down 3.9% flat
39 Jamaica 3.71 Score 2024 unchanged flat
44 Albania 3.67 Score 2024 unchanged flat
44 Singapore 3.67 Score 2024 up 4.9% rising
44 Sao Tome and Principe 3.67 Score 2024 up 10.2% flat
44 Seychelles 3.67 Score 2024 unchanged flat
44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.67 Score 2024 unchanged flat
49 Egypt 3.57 Score 2024 up 4.1% rising
49 Estonia 3.57 Score 2024 down 7.5% flat
49 Fiji 3.57 Score 2024 up 13.7% rising
49 Lithuania 3.57 Score 2024 down 3.8% flat
49 Mauritius 3.57 Score 2024 up 4.1% flat
49 Nepal 3.57 Score 2024 up 8.5% rising
49 Peru 3.57 Score 2024 up 13.7% rising
49 Slovenia 3.57 Score 2024 down 7.5% falling
57 Australia and New Zealand 3.51 Score 2024 unchanged flat
58 Australia 3.5 Score 2024 unchanged flat
58 Azerbaijan 3.5 Score 2024 unchanged falling
58 Algeria 3.5 Score 2024 down 4.6% flat
58 Israel 3.5 Score 2024 down 8.6% falling
58 Malaysia 3.5 Score 2024 down 4.6% flat
58 Philippines 3.5 Score 2024 down 4.6% flat
58 Puerto Rico 3.5 Score 2024 unchanged flat
58 Ukraine 3.5 Score 2024 down 4.6% falling
66 Benin 3.43 Score 2024 up 26.6% rising
66 Bahamas 3.43 Score 2024 up 4.3% rising
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.43 Score 2024 up 33.5% rising
66 Costa Rica 3.43 Score 2024 down 3.9% falling
66 Ecuador 3.43 Score 2024 down 3.9% flat
66 Guyana 3.43 Score 2024 unchanged flat
66 Saint Lucia 3.43 Score 2024 down 3.9% falling
66 Latvia 3.43 Score 2024 down 3.9% flat
66 Mexico 3.43 Score 2024 down 3.9% flat
66 Norway 3.43 Score 2024 unchanged flat
66 El Salvador 3.43 Score 2024 up 4.3% flat
77 Belize 3.33 Score 2024 down 9.3% falling
77 Guinea 3.33 Score 2024 up 5.0% rising
77 Trinidad and Tobago 3.33 Score 2024 unchanged flat
80 Cameroon 3.29 Score 2024 down 7.8% falling
80 Indonesia 3.29 Score 2024 up 4.8% rising
80 Jordan 3.29 Score 2024 down 4.1% flat
80 Sri Lanka 3.29 Score 2024 up 4.8% flat
80 Malawi 3.29 Score 2024 down 14.8% falling
80 Nigeria 3.29 Score 2024 up 9.7% flat
80 Rwanda 3.29 Score 2024 unchanged flat
80 Tajikistan 3.29 Score 2024 down 4.1% flat
80 Republic of Korea 3.29 Score 2024 down 4.1% flat
89 Bahrain 3.17 Score 2024 unchanged flat
89 Gabon 3.17 Score 2024 up 5.7% rising
91 Barbados 3.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
91 Colombia 3.14 Score 2024 up 4.7% rising
91 Ireland 3.14 Score 2024 down 4.6% flat
91 Maldives 3.14 Score 2024 down 12.0% falling
91 Myanmar 3.14 Score 2024 down 4.6% flat
91 Tunisia 3.14 Score 2024 unchanged rising
91 South Africa 3.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
91 Brunei Darussalam 3.14 Score 2024 up 4.7% flat
99 Armenia 3 Score 2024 up 10.7% rising
99 Burkina Faso 3 Score 2024 unchanged flat
99 Comoros 3 Score 2024 down 19.1% falling
99 Cuba 3 Score 2024 down 9.9% falling
99 Ghana 3 Score 2024 unchanged flat
99 Haiti 3 Score 2024 down 4.5% flat
99 Liberia 3 Score 2024 unchanged flat
99 Papua New Guinea 3 Score 2024 unchanged flat
99 Paraguay 3 Score 2024 down 4.5% flat
99 Senegal 3 Score 2024 up 10.7% flat
109 Burundi 2.86 Score 2024 up 5.5% flat
109 Bangladesh 2.86 Score 2024 up 17.7% rising
109 Djibouti 2.86 Score 2024 up 11.3% rising
109 Ethiopia 2.86 Score 2024 down 4.7% flat
109 Honduras 2.86 Score 2024 down 4.7% falling
109 Iceland 2.86 Score 2024 up 5.5% rising
109 Kenya 2.86 Score 2024 down 4.7% flat
109 Kyrgyzstan 2.86 Score 2024 down 13.1% falling
109 Sierra Leone 2.86 Score 2024 up 11.3% rising
109 Suriname 2.86 Score 2024 down 16.6% falling
109 Togo 2.86 Score 2024 unchanged flat
109 Thailand 2.86 Score 2024 down 13.1% falling
121 Belarus 2.83 Score 2024 unchanged flat
121 Central African Republic 2.83 Score 2024 up 13.2% rising
121 Oman 2.83 Score 2024 up 30.4% rising
121 Uzbekistan 2.83 Score 2024 down 10.7% falling
121 China, Hong Kong SAR 2.83 Score 2024 down 5.7% falling
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.8 Score 2024 up 7.7% flat
127 Angola 2.71 Score 2024 unchanged flat
127 Iraq 2.71 Score 2024 unchanged rising
127 Mozambique 2.71 Score 2024 unchanged flat
127 Nicaragua 2.71 Score 2023 up 11.5% rising
127 Panama 2.71 Score 2024 down 5.2% falling
127 Uganda 2.71 Score 2024 down 5.2% falling
127 Uruguay 2.71 Score 2024 down 21.0% falling
134 United Arab Emirates 2.67 Score 2024 up 6.8% flat
134 Antigua and Barbuda 2.67 Score 2024 down 5.7% falling
134 Equatorial Guinea 2.67 Score 2024 down 5.7% flat
134 Kazakhstan 2.67 Score 2024 up 6.8% rising
134 Kuwait 2.67 Score 2024 unchanged flat
134 Cook Islands 2.67 Score 2024 up 23.0% rising
140 Guadeloupe 2.6 Score 2024 unchanged flat
141 Guinea-Bissau 2.57 Score 2024 unchanged rising
141 Cambodia 2.57 Score 2024 unchanged flat
141 Mauritania 2.57 Score 2024 up 20.1% rising
144 Bhutan 2.5 Score 2024 down 16.7% falling
144 Montenegro 2.5 Score 2024 up 7.3% rising
144 Solomon Islands 2.5 Score 2024 unchanged flat
147 Afghanistan 2.43 Score 2024 up 13.6% rising
147 Congo 2.43 Score 2024 unchanged flat
147 Georgia 2.43 Score 2024 down 10.3% falling
147 Yemen 2.43 Score 2024 unchanged falling
147 Zimbabwe 2.43 Score 2024 unchanged flat
152 Eritrea 2.33 Score 2024 down 6.8% flat
152 Kiribati 2.33 Score 2024 down 6.8% falling
152 Libya 2.33 Score 2024 down 17.7% falling
152 French Polynesia 2.33 Score 2024 unchanged flat
152 Somalia 2.33 Score 2024 unchanged flat
152 Naoero 2.33 Score 2024 unchanged flat
158 Mongolia 2.29 Score 2024 up 7.0% rising
158 Niger 2.29 Score 2024 unchanged flat
158 Pakistan 2.29 Score 2024 down 5.8% flat
158 Sudan 2.29 Score 2024 up 7.0% flat
162 Qatar 2.17 Score 2024 down 6.9% flat
162 Saudi Arabia 2.17 Score 2024 unchanged flat
162 South Sudan 2.17 Score 2024 down 6.9% falling
165 Madagascar 2.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
165 Namibia 2.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
165 Tonga 2.14 Score 2024 unchanged flat
165 Vanuatu 2.14 Score 2024 up 36.3% rising
169 Gambia 2 Score 2024 down 22.2% falling
169 Chad 2 Score 2024 down 12.7% falling
169 Turkmenistan 2 Score 2024 up 9.3% rising
169 Samoa 2 Score 2024 down 26.2% falling
169 Zambia 2 Score 2024 unchanged flat
174 Mali 1.86 Score 2024 down 23.5% falling
174 Eswatini 1.86 Score 2024 down 13.1% falling
176 Botswana 1.71 Score 2024 down 8.1% falling
176 Lesotho 1.71 Score 2024 unchanged falling
178 New Caledonia 1.67 Score 2024 down 8.7% falling
178 Tuvalu 1.67 Score 2024 unchanged flat
180 Faroe Islands 1 Score 2024 unchanged flat

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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2.4.1 [PROXY] Progress toward productive and sustainable agriculture, current status score — Value
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Score
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 2,329 data points, 2015–2024
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