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Danube represents linkage between Western, Central and Eastern Europe. Countries of Danube region had very different stages of economic development in the last 50 years. Also, performances of their agricultural sector are very different. Aim of this paper is to rank Danube region countries by their development performances of agriculture. Additionally, environmental performances of agriculture are analyzed. The development performances of agriculture are considered according to the production and export performances of this sector. The level of the partial agricultural productivities - labor and land, as well as the value of exports in relation to engaged labor and agricultural land, are analyzed in such a context. Environmental performances are analyzed by EPI (Environmental Performances Index). The empirical research was based on the data of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Bank. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]