Organic agricultural area by country
Total organic area is defined as the land area certified as organic, or in the conversion process to organic (over a two-year period). It is the portion of land area (including arable lands, pastures or wild areas) managed (cultivated) or wild harvested in accordance with specific organic standards.
Countries reporting
165
Highest
53.02 million hectares
Australia
Lowest
1 hectares
Lesotho
Median
23,410 hectares
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
2,954
What the numbers show
Organic agricultural area is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 53.02 million hectares in Australia; the lowest is 1 hectares in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 23,410 hectares, and the mean is 598,041 hectares.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 362,250.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 99.8%).
Organic agricultural area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 53.02 million hectares | 2023 | up 445.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 4.48 million hectares | 2023 | up 795.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Argentina | 4.10 million hectares | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3.57 million hectares | 2023 | up 283.7% | volatile |
| 5 | China | 3.42 million hectares | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 3.16 million hectares | 2023 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 7 | France | 2.77 million hectares | 2023 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Italy | 2.46 million hectares | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 2.06 million hectares | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 1.85 million hectares | 2023 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 1.29 million hectares | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 1.02 million hectares | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 13 | Greece | 924,853 hectares | 2023 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 14 | Austria | 701,200 hectares | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 694,000 hectares | 2023 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Portugal | 692,738 hectares | 2023 | up 251.1% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 636,000 hectares | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 594,506 hectares | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 550,000 hectares | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 505,308 hectares | 2023 | up 119.5% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 477,025 hectares | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 22 | Ukraine | 471,176 hectares | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 438,745 hectares | 2023 | up 172.5% | rising |
| 24 | Turkey | 343,000 hectares | 2023 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 25 | Togo | 322,346 hectares | 2023 | up 6,847.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 320,251 hectares | 2023 | up 144.5% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 305,500 hectares | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 299,000 hectares | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 297,100 hectares | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 287,905 hectares | 2023 | up 1,511.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 286,167 hectares | 2023 | up 1,613.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 277,333 hectares | 2023 | down 44.7% | flat |
| 33 | Slovakia | 261,060 hectares | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 256,300 hectares | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 35 | Peru | 247,216 hectares | 2023 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 225,000 hectares | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 37 | Tanzania | 223,067 hectares | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 214,930 hectares | 2023 | up 1,304.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Tunisia | 196,222 hectares | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 191,283 hectares | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 188,847 hectares | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 42 | Philippines | 187,426 hectares | 2023 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 44 | Vietnam | 174,580 hectares | 2023 | up 365.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 173,120 hectares | 2023 | up 3,433.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Madagascar | 170,279 hectares | 2023 | up 462.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Paraguay | 163,836 hectares | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 48 | Nigeria | 157,019 hectares | 2023 | up 62,707.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 147,798 hectares | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 136,836 hectares | 2023 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ghana | 125,469 hectares | 2023 | up 344.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Guatemala | 125,333 hectares | 2023 | up 836.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Croatia | 119,900 hectares | 2023 | up 195.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Bolivia | 117,368 hectares | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 55 | Egypt | 116,000 hectares | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 56 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 108,297 hectares | 2023 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Pakistan | 107,400 hectares | 2023 | up 379.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 104,228 hectares | 2023 | up 440.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium | 102,359 hectares | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 60 | Russia | 96,576 hectares | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 95,436 hectares | 2023 | up 281.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Netherlands | 87,924 hectares | 2023 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 79,347 hectares | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 64 | Thailand | 77,633 hectares | 2023 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 72,601 hectares | 2023 | up 69.6% | falling |
| 66 | Indonesia | 71,947 hectares | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 69,812 hectares | 2023 | up 257.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 64,416 hectares | 2023 | up 407.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Benin | 60,275 hectares | 2023 | up 2,928.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Slovenia | 54,600 hectares | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 71 | Norway | 46,000 hectares | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 72 | Moldova | 41,400 hectares | 2023 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 73 | Samoa | 41,307 hectares | 2023 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 74 | Sudan | 40,325 hectares | 2023 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 75 | South Africa | 39,806 hectares | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 76 | South Korea | 37,825 hectares | 2023 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 77 | Cambodia | 35,543 hectares | 2023 | up 259.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Falkland Islands | 31,937 hectares | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 79 | East Timor | 31,447 hectares | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 30,880 hectares | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 81 | Colombia | 29,323 hectares | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 29,002 hectares | 2023 | up 252.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Laos | 27,025 hectares | 2023 | up 319.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 23,410 hectares | 2023 | down 36.0% | flat |
| 85 | Mali | 21,276 hectares | 2023 | up 475.0% | rising |
| 86 | Malawi | 20,734 hectares | 2023 | up 7,874.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Syria | 20,000 hectares | 2019 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,114 hectares | 2023 | up 559.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Japan | 18,837 hectares | 2023 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 90 | Taiwan | 17,561 hectares | 2023 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Nepal | 16,974 hectares | 2023 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 92 | Mozambique | 16,804 hectares | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Iran | 15,412 hectares | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Morocco | 13,325 hectares | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Fiji | 12,868 hectares | 2023 | up 495.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 11,483 hectares | 2023 | down 50.8% | rising |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 10,962 hectares | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 98 | Cyprus | 10,470 hectares | 2023 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 10,192 hectares | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 10,140 hectares | 2023 | up 1,026.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,840 hectares | 2023 | up 446.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,281 hectares | 2023 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 8,322 hectares | 2023 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Solomon Islands | 7,596 hectares | 2023 | up 484.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Liberia | 7,247 hectares | 2023 | up 362,250.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 6,431 hectares | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 5,871 hectares | 2023 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Panama | 5,768 hectares | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 5,421 hectares | 2023 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 5,419 hectares | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Belarus | 5,387 hectares | 2023 | up 224.5% | rising |
| 113 | Palestine | 5,162 hectares | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 114 | Cuba | 4,936 hectares | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Montenegro | 4,273 hectares | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 116 | French Guiana | 4,213 hectares | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 117 | Israel | 4,200 hectares | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 118 | Bhutan | 3,704 hectares | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Senegal | 3,385 hectares | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Algeria | 3,350 hectares | 2023 | up 378.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Haiti | 3,233 hectares | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Zambia | 3,167 hectares | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Iceland | 3,000 hectares | 2023 | down 63.4% | flat |
| 124 | Dominica | 2,907 hectares | 2023 | up 1,111.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Eswatini | 2,878 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Cameroon | 2,831 hectares | 2023 | up 304.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Venezuela | 2,518 hectares | 2023 | up 4,935.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,495 hectares | 2023 | up 760.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 2,493 hectares | 2023 | up 1,087.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Reunion | 2,397 hectares | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 131 | El Salvador | 1,960 hectares | 2023 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Burundi | 1,751 hectares | 2023 | up 218.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Kiribati | 1,600 hectares | 2018 | — | flat |
| 135 | Jordan | 1,463 hectares | 2023 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 1,400 hectares | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 1,399 hectares | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 138 | Malaysia | 1,386 hectares | 2023 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Mongolia | 956.7 hectares | 2023 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Albania | 800 hectares | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Niger | 704.9 hectares | 2023 | up 540.8% | volatile |
| 144 | French Polynesia | 672 hectares | 2023 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Namibia | 658.7 hectares | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Armenia | 466.3 hectares | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Belize | 439.6 hectares | 2023 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 351 hectares | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Tonga | 322.3 hectares | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Comoros | 262.2 hectares | 2023 | down 89.9% | falling |
| 151 | Faroe Islands | 250.6 hectares | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 152 | Grenada | 176.2 hectares | 2023 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 154 | Niue | 117 hectares | 2023 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | 62.5 hectares | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Suriname | 51.8 hectares | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 158 | Bahamas | 48.6 hectares | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 159 | Kuwait | 32.8 hectares | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 160 | United States Virgin Islands | 30 hectares | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 28 hectares | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 22.2 hectares | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Jamaica | 17 hectares | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Singapore | 14.6 hectares | 2023 | up 386.7% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritius | 12.5 hectares | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 10 hectares | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Cook Islands | 9.1 hectares | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 168 | Oman | 6.6 hectares | 2023 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 169 | Angola | 4 hectares | 2016 | down 99.8% | falling |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 3 hectares | 2020 | down 99.4% | falling |
| 171 | Andorra | 2 hectares | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Lesotho | 1 hectares | 2018 | down 99.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD (FAO) 74.61 million hectares
About this data
Total organic area is defined as the land area certified as organic, or in the conversion process to organic (over a two-year period). It is the portion of land area (including arable lands, pastures or wild areas) managed (cultivated) or wild harvested in accordance with specific organic standards.