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List of countries by organic farmland

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This article is a list of countries by organic farmland.

As of 2022, approximately 96,000,000 hectares (240,000,000 acres) worldwide were farmed organically, representing approximately 2% of total world farmland.[1]

Countries and territories

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All areas are given in hectares. Source: FIBL[2]

Country Area 2020 Organic share 2020[note 1]
 Afghanistan 98 0.0003%
 Albania 887 0.1%
 Algeria 772 0.002%
 Andorra 2 0.0%
 Argentina 4,453,639 3.0%
 Armenia 566 0.03%
 Australia 35,687,799 9.9%
 Austria 679,872 26.5%
 Azerbaijan 38,080 0.8%
 Bahamas 49 0.3%
 Bangladesh 504 0.01%
 Belarus 6,838 0.1%
 Belgium 99,075 7.2%
 Belize 454 0.3%
 Benin 38,822 1.0%
 Bhutan 4,095 0.8%
 Bolivia 179,425 0.5%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,692 0.1%
 Brazil 1,319,454 0.6%
 British Virgin Islands 26 0.4%
 Bulgaria 116,253 2.3%
 Burkina Faso 66,175 0.5%
 Burundi 319 0.02%
 Cambodia 35,879 0.6%
 Cameroon 345 0.004%
 Canada 1,417,612 2.4%
 Cape Verde 3 0.003%
 Channel Islands 180 2.0%
 Chile 156,819 1.0%
 China 2,435,000 0.5%
 Colombia 50,533 0.1%
 Comoros 1,004 0.8%
 Cook Islands 15 1.0%
 Costa Rica 11,465 0.6%
 Croatia 108,610 7.2%
 Cuba 2,129 0.03%
 Cyprus 5,918 4.4%
 Czech Republic 539,532 15.3%
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 118,254 0.4%
 Denmark 299,998 11.4%
 Dominican Republic 117,312 4.8%
 Ecuador 41,537 0.8%
 Egypt 116,000 3.0%
 El Salvador 2,569 0.2%
 Estonia 220,796 22.4%
 Eswatini 1,156 0.1%
 Ethiopia 234,648 0.6%
 Falkland Islands 31,937 2.8%
 Faroe Islands 251 8.4%
 Fiji 19,303 4.5%
 Finland 315,112 13.9%
 France 2,548,677 8.8%
 French Guiana 3,690 11.3%
 French Polynesia 1,562 3.4%
 Georgia 1,572 0.1%
 Germany 1,702,240 10.2%
 Ghana 74,874 0.5%
 Greece 534,629 10.1%
 Grenada 84 1.1%
 Guadeloupe 858 1.7%
 Guatemala 87,028 2.3%
 Guinea-Bissau 9,844 1.2%
 Haiti 2,907 0.2%
 Honduras 66,179 2.0%
 Hungary 301,430 6.0%
 Iceland 4,709 0.3%
 India 2,657,889 1.5%
 Indonesia 75,793 0.1%
 Iran 11,916 0.03%
 Iraq 63 0.001%
 Ireland 73,952 1.6%
 Israel 6,287 1.0%
 Italy 2,095,380 16.0%
 Ivory Coast 79,125 0.4%
 Jamaica 10 0.002%
 Japan 11,992 0.3%
 Jordan 1,446 0.1%
 Kazakhstan 114,886 0.1%
 Kenya 123,744 0.4%
 Kosovo 1,604 0.4%
 Kuwait 33 0.02%
 Kyrgyzstan 30,259 0.3%
 Laos 3,266 0.1%
 Latvia 291,150 14.8%
 Lebanon 1,715 0.3%
 Liechtenstein 1,490 41.6%
 Lithuania 235,471 8.0%
 Luxembourg 6,118 4.6%
 Madagascar 103,817 0.3%
 Malawi 232 0.004%
 Malaysia 1,276 0.01%
 Mali 14,675 0.04%
 Malta 67 0.6%
 Martinique 683 2.2%
 Mauritius 5 0.01%
 Mayotte 87 0.4%
 Mexico 215,634 0.2%
 Moldova 27,624 1.2%
 Mongolia 241 0.0002%
 Montenegro 4,823 1.9%
 Morocco 11,452 0.04%
 Mozambique 14,438 0.03%
 Myanmar 10,143 0.1%
   Nepal 9,361 0.2%
 Netherlands 71,607 3.9%
 New Caledonia 800 0.4%
 New Zealand 79,347 0.8%
 Nicaragua 39,076 0.8%
 Nigeria 54,995 0.1%
 Niue 43 0.9%
 North Macedonia 3,727 0.3%
 Norway 45,312 4.6%
 Oman 4 0.0003%
 Pakistan 69,850 0.2%
 Palestine 5,218 1.1%
 Panama 5,929 0.3%
 Papua New Guinea 72,477 6.1%
 Paraguay 73,428 0.3%
 Peru 342,701 1.5%
 Philippines 191,770 1.5%
 Poland 507,637 3.5%
 Portugal 319,540 8.1%
 Réunion 1,901 4.0%
 Romania 468,887 3.5%
 Russia 615,188 0.3%
 Rwanda 5,188 0.3%
 Samoa 40,992 14.5%
 São Tomé and Príncipe 9,103 20.7%
 Saudi Arabia 26,632 0.02%
 Senegal 3,809 0.04%
 Serbia 19,317 0.6%
 Sierra Leone 219,861 5.6%
 Singapore 15 2.2%
 Slovakia 222,896 11.7%
 Slovenia 52,078 10.8%
 Solomon Islands 3,367 2.9%
 South Africa 40,954 0.04%
 South Korea 38,540 2.3%
 Spain 2,437,891 10.0%
 Sri Lanka 73,393 2.6%
 Suriname 52 0.1%
 Sweden 613,964 20.4%
  Switzerland 177,347 17.0%
 Taiwan 10,789 1.4%
 Tajikistan 11,818 0.2%
 Tanzania 198,226 0.5%
 Thailand 160,802 0.7%
 Timor-Leste 32,311 8.5%
 Togo 127,782 3.3%
 Tonga 1,119 3.2%
 Tunisia 297,137 3.0%
 Turkey 382,639 1.0%
 Uganda 116,376 0.8%
 Ukraine 462,225 1.1%
 United Arab Emirates 5,419 1.4%
 United Kingdom 473,500 2.7%
 United States 2,326,551 0.6%
 Uruguay 2,742,368 19.6%
 Uzbekistan 3,781 0.01%
 Vanuatu 2,052 1.1%
 Venezuela 1,490 0.01%
 Vietnam 63,536 0.5%
 Zambia 691 0.003%
 Zimbabwe 1,043 0.01%

Biodynamic farmland

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Biodynamic agriculture is practiced in 55 countries, with a world total of 251,842 certified biodynamic hectares. With Europe dominating the world map.
All areas are given in hectares. Source: American Institute of Science.[3]

Country Area 2020
 Argentina 1,187
 Australia 49,797
 Austria 7,164
 Belgium 143
 Brazil 3,388
 Chile 1,474
 China 108
 Colombia 106
 Costa Rica 11
 Croatia 68
 Czech Republic 3,537
 Denmark 2,998
 Dominican Republic 1,410
 Ecuador 512
 Egypt 2,610
 Ethiopia 32
 Finland 384
 France 14,629
 Germany 84,426
 Greece 381
 Guinea-Bissau 694
 Honduras 72
 Hungary 6,371
 India 9,303
 Iran 72
 Ireland 93
 Israel 106
 Italy 10,781
 Liechtenstein 3
 Lithuania 1,389
 Luxembourg 536
 Mexico 304
 Morocco 27
   Nepal 118
 Netherlands 8,681
 New Zealand 928
 Norway 548
 Paraguay 996
 Peru 307
 Poland 4,261
 Portugal 574
 Romania 200
 Serbia 35
 Slovakia 169
 Slovenia 238
 South Africa 245
 Spain 7,743
 Sri Lanka 1,479
 Sweden 873
  Switzerland 5,070
 Tunisia 699
 Turkey 1,148
 Uganda 527
 United Kingdom 3,886
 United States 9,001

Notes

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  1. ^ % of total farmland

References

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  1. ^ "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics & Emerging Trends 2024" (PDF). Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and IFOAM - Organics International. p. 12. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "The World of organic agriculture 2022" (PDF). FIBL. 2022. pp. 197, 220, 264, 280, 296, 311. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ "A World Map of Biodynamic Agriculture" (PDF). Agricultural and Biological Sciences Journal. American Institute of Science: 116+117. 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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