Area under organic farming
Farmland that is fully converted to organic farming or under conversion, as a share of utilised agricultural area excluding kitchen gardens.
32 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of utilised agricultural area. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 11.1% | 9.5%e (estimated) | 11.9% |
| 2023 | – | 11.2% | 9.6%e (estimated) | 12.0% |
| 2022 | – | 9.8% | 9.8%e (estimated) | 10.8% |
| 2021 | – | 9.7% | 9.5%e (estimated) | 10.8% |
| 2020 | 9.1%e (estimated) | 9.6%e (estimated) | 8.8%e (estimated) | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 8.5%e (estimated) | 7.8%e (estimated) | 7.8% | 9.7% |
| 2018 | 8.0%e (estimated) | 7.3%e (estimated) | 7.1% | 9.3% |
| 2017 | 7.5% | 6.8% | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 8.5% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 8.2% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 7.3% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | 6.0% | 3.7% | 6.9% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | 5.8% | 3.6% | 7.5% |
| 2011 | – | 6.1% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| 2010 | – | 5.9% | 2.9% | 6.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | – | 5.6% | 1.9% | 6.6% |
| 2008 | – | 5.4% | 2.0% | 5.3% |
| 2007 | – | 5.1% | 1.9% | 4.0% |
| 2006 | – | 4.9% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| 2005 | – | 4.7% | 1.9% | 3.1% |
| 2004 | – | 4.5% | 1.8% | 2.9%e (estimated) |
| 2003 | – | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| 2002 | – | 4.1% | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| 2001 | – | 3.7% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| 2000 | – | 3.2% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 32 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Estonia (22.6%) and the lowest Albania (0.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 8.8% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 14 countries and fell in 17.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Estonia 22.6%
- 2 Portugal 21.2%e (estimated)
- 3 Italy 19.5%
- 4 Switzerland 18.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 5 Sweden 16.7%
- 6 Czechia 16.0%e (estimated)
- 7 Latvia 15.6%
- 8 Slovakia 14.8%
- 9 Finland 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 10 Slovenia 11.9%
- 11 Spain 11.9%
- 12 Germany 11.1%
- 13 Denmark 11.1%
- 14 France 9.5%e (estimated)
- 15 Croatia 9.0%
- 16 Lithuania 8.8%
- 17 Cyprus 8.8%p (provisional)
- 18 Belgium 7.4%
- 19 Luxembourg 7.2%
- 20 Romania 6.2%
- 21 Hungary 6.1%
- 22 Netherlands 5.1%
- 23 Ireland 5.0%
- 24 Poland 4.9%
- 25 Norway 4.6%
- 26 Bulgaria 4.0%
- 27 Montenegro 1.8%
- 28 Serbia 0.8%
- 29 Malta 0.8%
- 30 Türkiye 0.6%
- 31 North Macedonia 0.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 32 Albania 0.1%
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.