List of countries by organic farmland
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This article is a list of countries by organic farmland.
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]
| 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
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 |
Non-certified organic farmland
Percentages of farmland being used organically may vary because guidelines of organic farming practices vary across nations. For example, Cuba has a significant portion of its agricultural land managed without synthetic chemicals. Estimates suggest that about 25% of Cuban farms operate organically. However, in terms of land area officially classified as organic farmland, sources report a much smaller figure, around 0.03%, indicating a difference between formal certification and actual farming practices. This discrepancy can be explained by Cuba's widespread use of agroecological methods such as Organopónicos, especially in urban and small-scale farms, which may not always be formally certified but still follow organic principles.[4]
In 2012, Bhutan set the ambitious goal to become the world's first 100% organic farming country. However, the percentage of officially certified organic farmland in Bhutan was about 5.6% in 2022. Despite this, over 80% of Bhutanese farmers practice traditional farming methods that are largely chemical-free, which aligns closely with organic principles, and their products are sold without organic certification but considered as organic.[5]
Notes
- % of total farmland