Agriculture

The Agriculture issue category measures efforts to produce food and other agricultural products while minimizing the threats of agriculture to the environment. It is based on four indicators: the Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index (SNMI), Relative Yield Index, pesticide pollution risk, and phosphorus surplus.

country rank Score 10y ∆
United States of America 1 83.0 5.1
Argentina 2 81.4 -0.3
Brazil 3 81.0 3.7
Germany 4 78.8 0.4
Dominican Republic 5 78.7 6.0
Laos 6 78.5 5.0
Denmark 7 77.8 -2.5
Marshall Islands 7 77.8 0.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 76.9 1.8
United Kingdom 9 76.9 -1.3
Ukraine 11 76.4 8.0
Bulgaria 12 74.2 -0.9
Czech Republic 13 74.0 -4.3
Guyana 13 74.0 -0.2
Sweden 15 73.2 0.1
Viet Nam 16 73.0 -1.0
Ireland 17 72.9 -2.4
New Zealand 17 72.9 -2.7
France 19 72.8 -4.2
Austria 20 72.5 -2.3
Canada 21 72.3 0.3
Philippines 21 72.3 -0.3
Bangladesh 23 72.2 1.4
Indonesia 23 72.2 -1.0
Paraguay 25 71.6 -10.4
Serbia 26 71.4 4.3
Senegal 27 71.1 23.9
Estonia 28 71.0 10.1
Ghana 29 70.7 10.3
Oman 29 70.7 4.6
Hungary 31 69.2 -8.1
China 32 69.0 4.5
Mauritius 33 68.6 4.3
Belgium 34 68.5 -0.3
Poland 35 68.3 3.9
Netherlands 36 68.0 -0.8
Croatia 37 67.9 2.2
Romania 38 67.8 6.1
Slovakia 39 67.4 -3.2
Lithuania 40 67.0 8.5
Finland 41 66.6 -2.4
Mali 42 66.4 -1.5
Chile 43 66.3 0.7
Nepal 44 65.6 -0.5
Australia 45 65.3 9.2
India 46 65.1 3.6
Djibouti 47 65.0 6.8
Cambodia 48 64.6 3.5
Latvia 49 64.4 8.5
Burkina Faso 50 64.0 -5.1
Malaysia 51 63.6 -1.8
Japan 52 63.3 1.7
Azerbaijan 53 63.0 9.1
Fiji 53 63.0 0.5
Russia 55 62.9 13.2
Luxembourg 56 62.8 -3.4
Suriname 56 62.8 6.4
Sri Lanka 58 62.5 -0.5
El Salvador 59 62.3 3.7
Papua New Guinea 60 61.8 3.3
South Korea 60 61.8 0.1
Greece 62 61.4 -0.5
Singapore 63 61.3 1.1
Belize 64 60.9 -0.3
Taiwan 65 60.3 2.3
Bolivia 66 59.6 2.1
Myanmar 66 59.6 -10.2
Switzerland 66 59.6 -7.6
Colombia 69 59.3 1.6
Turkiye 70 59.2 2.7
Kuwait 71 59.0 -4.9
Ethiopia 72 58.8 7.6
Thailand 72 58.8 -2.3
Kiribati 74 58.6 0.3
Uruguay 75 58.2 -15.3
Seychelles 76 58.0 4.3
Uzbekistan 77 57.4 -7.9
South Africa 78 57.2 -0.4
Samoa 79 57.1 6.1
Costa Rica 80 57.0 2.2
Tajikistan 80 57.0 -9.8
Guatemala 82 56.8 -0.3
Mexico 82 56.8 2.8
Slovenia 84 56.7 -3.4
Italy 85 56.4 -6.5
Niger 86 55.9 4.1
Maldives 87 55.8 5.4
Jamaica 88 55.1 -5.5
Spain 89 54.1 1.9
Benin 90 54.0 1.7
Saudi Arabia 91 53.8 -0.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 92 52.3 19.6
Norway 92 52.3 2.6
Kyrgyzstan 94 51.9 4.4
Eswatini 95 51.7 -1.1
Nicaragua 96 51.6 7.3
Grenada 97 51.0 3.7
Comoros 98 50.6 0.9
Haiti 98 50.6 -0.6
Lebanon 98 50.6 -2.6
Albania 101 50.4 1.9
Cameroon 101 50.4 2.0
Bahamas 103 50.2 -0.6
Ecuador 104 50.1 5.0
Panama 105 50.0 4.4
Moldova 106 49.9 -4.8
Tonga 106 49.9 9.0
Portugal 108 49.7 4.3
Iraq 109 49.6 2.6
Egypt 110 48.9 -0.8
Timor-Leste 111 48.8 -2.2
Sudan 112 48.5 1.8
Tanzania 112 48.5 -0.1
Uganda 114 48.3 0.8
Madagascar 115 48.2 -4.6
Republic of Congo 116 48.1 0.8
Turkmenistan 116 48.1 -3.5
Barbados 118 47.9 -2.6
Nigeria 118 47.9 -1.6
Cuba 120 47.0 -2.6
Micronesia 120 47.0 -0.7
Pakistan 122 46.8 -2.0
Algeria 123 46.7 3.9
North Macedonia 123 46.7 -2.8
Malawi 125 46.6 -5.0
Venezuela 126 46.1 -7.5
Guinea 127 45.9 3.8
Dominica 128 45.7 4.4
Burundi 129 45.4 0.1
Israel 130 45.3 -12.9
Peru 130 45.3 3.3
Belarus 132 45.2 -3.5
Bhutan 133 44.7 -4.8
Kazakhstan 133 44.7 3.0
Solomon Islands 135 44.6 4.5
Kenya 136 44.2 -3.2
Zambia 137 44.1 -0.8
Equatorial Guinea 138 43.7 2.4
Malta 139 43.5 -13.8
Montenegro 140 43.0 -1.4
Chad 141 42.7 1.0
Vanuatu 141 42.7 1.9
Bahrain 143 42.5 4.6
Cote d'Ivoire 144 42.2 -2.2
Guinea-Bissau 144 42.2 -2.0
Mauritania 146 42.1 0.8
Rwanda 147 41.6 -2.2
Afghanistan 148 41.1 -3.2
Angola 149 41.0 2.0
Togo 150 40.3 0.3
Tunisia 151 40.2 -1.5
Mozambique 152 40.1 3.0
Sierra Leone 152 40.1 -6.1
Saint Lucia 154 39.3 -2.6
Dem. Rep. Congo 155 39.0 -0.5
Honduras 156 38.6 -2.1
Central African Republic 157 38.3 -0.1
Jordan 158 38.1 1.9
Iran 159 37.8 -0.2
United Arab Emirates 160 37.5 2.4
Iceland 161 36.5 2.9
Cyprus 162 35.7 -3.2
Qatar 162 35.7 0.0
Morocco 164 35.6 -6.5
Armenia 165 35.5 -20.8
Zimbabwe 165 35.5 5.0
Botswana 167 35.3 1.7
Lesotho 168 34.3 -1.5
Liberia 169 34.0 -4.5
Gambia 170 33.7 -7.7
Eritrea 171 31.9 -2.1
Sao Tome and Principe 172 31.7 -7.8
Antigua and Barbuda 173 31.4 1.2
Mongolia 174 29.0 -12.2
Gabon 175 28.2 -0.7
Cabo Verde 176 28.0 1.6
Georgia 177 26.0 2.6
Namibia 178 25.5 2.4
Brunei Darussalam 179 24.1 10.7
Trinidad and Tobago 180 22.5 7.3