Data for 2008

Organic Agricultural Area, 2008

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2008 covers 137 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 19.46; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.29. Against 2007, 89 values changed (69 up, 20 down), 14 countries joined.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2008

HighestSamoa

19.46

Lowest10 countries share it

0.00

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

137countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
83distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	19.46	7.20	—
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	18.31	1.10	—
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.53	492.60	—
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.94	336.40	246.60
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.62	87.20	71.90
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	9.58	342.00	268.00
7	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.77	160.00	142.00
8	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	8.41	2.86	—
9	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.75	26.10	—
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.37	113.64	—
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.27	140.80	113.10
12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.93	1,002.00	812.00
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.58	151.00	136.00
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.34	931.00	931.00
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.75	214.40	—
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.63	150.10	139.00
17	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.57	9.00	—
18	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.41	123.10	98.80
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.36	907.80	—
20	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.31	0.43	0.39
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.07	52.00	40.00
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.77	29.50	25.80
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.57	122.20	89.90
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.15	317.80	266.70
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.07	719.60	577.20
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.01	1,129.80	—
27	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.65	3.60	—
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.15	4,006.00	4,006.00
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.12	4.09	3.30
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.08	11,988.00	—
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.62	35.80	27.40
32	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.61	50.40	46.90
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.02	116.85	102.63
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.02	315.00	179.00
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.00	583.30	501.70
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.77	174.70	—
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.73	2.00	1.60
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.43	212.30	—
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.38	71.00	56.60
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.13	40.00	—
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.11	5.70	4.80
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.06	628.60	611.70
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.02	139.60	71.60
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.95	71.08	66.65
45	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.92	42.80	—
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.88	100.00	—
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.86	22.30	—
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83	1.10	—
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.78	10.00	4.20
50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.76	5.60	—
51	Peru`PER`South America	0.70	166.70	109.90
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.66	12.00	—
53	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.65	270.00	—
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.59	0.90	—
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.57	1,018.00	858.00
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.54	6.70	6.70
57	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.46	8.00	8.00
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.45	21.30	—
=59	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.43	1,853.00	—
=59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.43	167.00	142.00
61	United States`USA`Northern America	0.42	1,728.47	1,649.96
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.40	932.12	—
=63	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.37	7.00	4.70
=63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.37	1.90	—
=65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.33	16.70	4.00
=65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.33	2.18	0.58
=67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.32	332.50	332.50
=67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.32	3.40	—
=69	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.29	99.90	—
=69	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.29	2.40	—
=71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.28	51.20	51.20
=71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.28	26.00	—
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.27	8.50	—
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.23	5.20	—
=75	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.22	14.30	—
=75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.22	26.70	—
=77	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.20	8.50	8.00
=77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.20	2.50	—
=77	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.20	72.20	41.00
=80	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.18	9.09	—
=80	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.18	3.50	—
=80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.18	25.66	25.66
=83	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.16	8.80	—
=83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.16	7.30	6.00
=85	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.12	4.50	—
=85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.12	12.60	—
=87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.11	41.00	—
=87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.11	16.40	—
=87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11	47.11	—
=87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.11	0.48	—
=87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.11	1.06	1.03
=87	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.11	0.01	—
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.10	22.20	—
=94	Chile`CHL`South America	0.09	13.77	13.77
=94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.09	42.10	—
=94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.09	9.90	—
=94	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.09	1.80	—
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.08	3.00	2.70
=99	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.07	157.20	—
=99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.07	24.50	—
101	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.06	0.30	0.30
=102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.05	19.90	—
=102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.05	43.90	36.60
=104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.03	0.30	—
=104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.03	0.60	0.20
=104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.03	1.00	—
=104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.03	0.70	—
=104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.03	7.90	7.70
=104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.03	0.10	—
=104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.03	11.75	11.40
=111	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.35	—
=111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.02	5.16	4.78
=111	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0.40	—
=111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1.60	1.60
=111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.02	9.10	—
=111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.02	47.00	—
=111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	30.00	—
=111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.02	3.60	3.50
=119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.01	0.50	—
=119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.01	0.06	—
=119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.01	2.90	—
=119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.01	0.30	—
=119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.80	—
=119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.01	3.50	—
=119	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.01	2.80	—
=119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.01	2.50	—
=119	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.01	2.40	0.70
=128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.04	0.02
=128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	1.00	—
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.40	—
=128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	0.02	—
=128	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.40	—
=128	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.40	0.40
=128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.00	3.10	—
=128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.03	—
=128	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.07	—
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.30	—

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Samoa19.46
2Liechtenstein18.31
3Austria17.53
4Sweden10.94
5Estonia9.62

Lowest

128Zimbabweshared0.00
128Tajikistanshared0.00
128Eswatinishared0.00
128Omanshared0.00
128Nigeriashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia11,988.00
LowestMalta0.01
Middle country: 12.00
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestArgentina4,006.00
LowestAfghanistan0.02
Middle country: 40.00

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
89values changed, of 123 in both
69 · 20rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

Czechia7.84 → 9.58+1.74
Greece2.86 → 4.15+1.29
Slovakia6.11 → 7.27+1.16
Spain2.87 → 4.01+1.14
Sweden9.88 → 10.94+1.06

Fell most

Italy8.12 → 6.93−1.19
Slovenia5.88 → 4.77−1.11
Uganda2.03 → 1.43−0.60
Belize1.18 → 0.59−0.59
Portugal6.27 → 5.75−0.52

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Burundi

+ Bangladesh

+ Comoros

+ Iran

+ Kazakhstan

+ Laos

+ Lesotho

+ Montenegro

+ Oman

+ Eswatini

+ Syria

+ Tajikistan

+ Zimbabwe

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

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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 2008.
83 distinct values among 137
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 10 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
78 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Organic Agricultural Area, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2008

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