List of countries by organic farmland

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This article is a list of countries by organic farmland .

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As of 2023, approximately 99,000,000 hectares (240,000,000 acres) worldwide were farmed organically, representing approximately 2.1% of total world farmland. [1]

Countries and territories

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

CountryArea 2020Organic share 2020 [note 1]
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 980.0003%
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8870.1%
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 7720.002%
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 20.0%
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4,453,6393.0%
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5660.03%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 35,687,7999.9%
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 679,87226.5%
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 38,0800.8%
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 490.3%
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 5040.01%
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6,8380.1%
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 99,0757.2%
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 4540.3%
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 38,8221.0%
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 4,0950.8%
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 179,4250.5%
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,6920.1%
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1,319,4540.6%
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 260.4%
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 116,2532.3%
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 66,1750.5%
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 3190.02%
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 35,8790.6%
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3450.004%
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1,417,6122.4%
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 30.003%
Flag of Jersey.svg  Channel Islands 1802.0%
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 156,8191.0%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2,435,0000.5%
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 50,5330.1%
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 1,0040.8%
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 151.0%
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 11,4650.6%
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 108,6107.2%
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2,1290.03%
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 5,9184.4%
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 539,53215.3%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 118,2540.4%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 299,99811.4%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 117,3124.8%
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 41,5370.8%
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 116,0003.0%
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2,5690.2%
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 220,79622.4%
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1,1560.1%
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 234,6480.6%
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg  Falkland Islands 31,9372.8%
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2518.4%
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 19,3034.5%
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 315,11213.9%
Flag of France.svg  France 2,548,6778.8%
Flag of France.svg  French Guiana 3,69011.3%
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 1,5623.4%
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1,5720.1%
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1,702,24010.2%
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 74,8740.5%
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 534,62910.1%
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 841.1%
Flag of France.svg  Guadeloupe 8581.7%
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 87,0282.3%
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 9,8441.2%
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 2,9070.2%
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 66,1792.0%
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 301,4306.0%
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 4,7090.3%
Flag of India.svg  India 2,657,8891.5%
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 75,7930.1%
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 11,9160.03%
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 630.001%
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 73,9521.6%
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6,2871.0%
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2,095,38016.0%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 79,1250.4%
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 100.002%
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11,9920.3%
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1,4460.1%
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 114,8860.1%
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 123,7440.4%
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1,6040.4%
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 330.02%
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 30,2590.3%
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 3,2660.1%
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 291,15014.8%
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 1,7150.3%
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1,49041.6%
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 235,4718.0%
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6,1184.6%
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 103,8170.3%
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2320.004%
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1,2760.01%
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 14,6750.04%
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 670.6%
Flag-of-Martinique.svg  Martinique 6832.2%
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 50.01%
Flag of France.svg  Mayotte 870.4%
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 215,6340.2%
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 27,6241.2%
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2410.0002%
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 4,8231.9%
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11,4520.04%
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 14,4380.03%
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 10,1430.1%
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 9,3610.2%
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 71,6073.9%
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 8000.4%
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 79,3470.8%
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 39,0760.8%
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 54,9950.1%
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue 430.9%
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 3,7270.3%
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 45,3124.6%
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 40.0003%
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 69,8500.2%
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 5,2181.1%
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 5,9290.3%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 72,4776.1%
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 73,4280.3%
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 342,7011.5%
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 191,7701.5%
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 507,6373.5%
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 319,5408.1%
Flag of France.svg  Réunion 1,9014.0%
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 468,8873.5%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 615,1880.3%
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 5,1880.3%
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 40,99214.5%
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 9,10320.7%
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 26,6320.02%
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 3,8090.04%
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 19,3170.6%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 219,8615.6%
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 152.2%
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 222,89611.7%
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 52,07810.8%
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3,3672.9%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 40,9540.04%
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 38,5402.3%
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2,437,89110.0%
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 73,3932.6%
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 520.1%
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 613,96420.4%
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 177,34717.0%
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 10,7891.4%
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 11,8180.2%
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 198,2260.5%
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 160,8020.7%
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 32,3118.5%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 127,7823.3%
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1,1193.2%
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 297,1373.0%
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 382,6391.0%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 116,3760.8%
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 462,2251.1%
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 5,4191.4%
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 473,5002.7%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2,326,5510.6%
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2,742,36819.6%
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3,7810.01%
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2,0521.1%
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1,4900.01%
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 63,5360.5%
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 6910.003%
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1,0430.01%

Biodynamic farmland

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]

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

Notes

  1. % of total farmland

References

  1. "The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics & Emerging Trends 2025" (PDF). Research Institute of Organic Agriculture and IFOAM - Organics International. p. 19. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  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.