Data for 2006

Organic Agricultural Area, 2006

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2006
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2006, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2006 covers 112 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 17.91; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.31. Against 2005, 79 values changed (65 up, 14 down), 12 countries joined.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2006

HighestSamoa

17.91

Lowest4 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

112countries
3measures per country
2006the year it describes
76distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Organic Agricultural Area, 2006, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Organic Agricultural Area, 2006: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.91	7.20	—
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.80	477.80	—
3	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	15.97	1.00	—
4	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.44	175.10	51.2
5	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.59	2.92	—
6	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	8.08	1,148.00	801.0
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.99	71.80	44.0
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.58	117.36	—
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.16	225.40	201.3
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.12	254.00	—
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.10	23.60	—
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.34	931.00	—
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.30	145.00	131.0
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.70	214.20	—
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.57	9.00	—
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.50	27.00	20.0
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.10	138.08	133.1
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.87	825.50	—
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.35	45.00	39.0
20	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.17	0.35	0.2
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.84	302.30	182.8
22	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.76	3.60	—
23	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.70	85.20	—
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.47	96.70	30.4
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.38	603.40	489.6
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.00	12,294.00	12,294.0
27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.79	3.60	—
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.58	736.90	—
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.52	48.40	47.0
30	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.07	28.60	21.8
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.02	117.08	86.6
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.89	552.80	499.6
33	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.81	2,358.00	2,358.0
34	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.72	246.80	—
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.58	154.80	—
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.43	228.00	75.0
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.27	2.00	0.7
38	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.18	1.80	—
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.15	60.00	—
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.00	605.60	558.5
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.88	37.30	—
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.77	108.30	65.2
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.70	17.00	—
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.62	7.50	—
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.61	10.70	—
46	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.59	242.00	—
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.56	63.90	—
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.53	2,300.00	—
49	Peru`PER`South America	0.52	121.60	91.2
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.48	5.87	—
=50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.48	193.00	162.0
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.46	8.60	—
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.44	20.80	—
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.40	14.20	—
55	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.33	112.60	—
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.32	2.20	1.4
=57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.29	307.70	—
=57	United States`USA`Northern America	0.29	1,188.20	1,188.2
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.28	12.10	—
60	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.27	5.00	—
=61	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.24	7.50	—
=61	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.24	432.30	—
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.23	517.00	517.0
=63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.23	15.40	—
=63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.23	5.20	—
=66	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.22	0.02	—
=66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.22	2.50	—
=66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.22	21.90	—
69	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.20	1.70	—
=70	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.19	22.30	—
=70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.19	7.80	—
72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.12	50.76	—
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.11	41.00	—
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.10	1.02	—
=74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.10	21.70	—
=76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.09	1.00	—
=76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.09	4.70	3.0
=76	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.09	0.44	—
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.08	40.40	—
=80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.07	25.00	—
=80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.07	23.70	—
=82	Chile`CHL`South America	0.06	8.80	8.8
=82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.06	13.30	—
=82	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.06	2.30	—
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.05	50.00	—
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.04	0.50	—
=87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.03	0.20	—
=87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.03	0.70	—
=87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.03	4.00	—
=87	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.03	1.50	—
=87	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.03	8.80	—
=87	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.03	0.10	—
=87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.03	2.40	—
=87	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.03	0.50	—
=95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.02	0.80	—
=95	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.40	—
=95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.02	2.50	—
=95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.02	9.50	—
=95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.02	0.70	—
=100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.01	0.20	—
=100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.01	0.50	—
=100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.01	0.30	—
=100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.01	2.90	—
=100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.30	—
=100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.01	2.30	—
=100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.01	4.20	—
=100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.01	16.00	—
=100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.01	2.40	—
=109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	1.60	—
=109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.70	—
=109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.08	—
=109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	3.00	—

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

109Nigeriashared0.00
109Nigershared0.00
109Mozambiqueshared0.00
109Algeriashared0.00
100Zambiashared0.01

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia12,294.00
LowestMalta0.02
Middle country: 14.80
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia12,294.0
LowestChannel Islands0.2
Middle country: 86.6

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −0countries joined / left
79values changed, of 100 in both
65 · 14rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Latvia6.84 → 9.44+2.60
Estonia6.62 → 7.99+1.37
Uruguay5.15 → 6.34+1.19
Channel Islands3.03 → 4.17+1.14
Lithuania2.43 → 3.47+1.04

Fell most

Egypt0.70 → 0.40−0.30
Argentina2.06 → 1.81−0.25
United Kingdom3.57 → 3.38−0.19
Finland6.46 → 6.30−0.16
Brazil0.37 → 0.23−0.14

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ Cameroon

+ DR Congo

+ Ethiopia

+ Nigeria

+ Peru

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Solomon Islands

+ Serbia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Vanuatu

+ Samoa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2006.
76 distinct values among 112
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 9 countries share 0.01. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
83 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006). Organic Agricultural Area, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2006

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