Data for 2009

Organic Agricultural Area, 2009

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2009 covers 144 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 27.82; 15 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.33. Against 2008, 107 values changed (73 up, 34 down), 9 countries joined, 2 left.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2009

HighestSamoa

27.82

Lowest15 countries share it

0.00

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

144countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
91distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Organic Agricultural Area, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.82	9.71	9.66
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.56	518.80	—
3	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	17.01	1.00	1.00
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.55	385.00	302.80
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	11.22	398.00	294.00
6	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.56	3.59	3.59
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.41	97.00	74.00
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.74	160.20	141.10
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.91	1,106.00	735.00
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.54	145.50	111.50
11	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.39	25.00	—
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.26	111.60	—
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.23	166.00	143.00
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.91	161.10	148.60
15	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.28	931.00	931.00
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.94	156.40	139.50
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.61	947.10	—
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.59	56.74	43.99
19	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.57	9.00	—
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.80	129.10	106.10
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.76	1,330.80	—
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.70	29.40	25.90
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.32	326.30	293.60
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.25	157.20	—
25	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.20	0.37	0.37
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.16	720.00	606.30
27	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.53	3.60	—
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.48	4,327.00	4,327.00
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.12	12,002.00	12,002.00
30	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.03	41.35	29.80
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.80	3.57	2.13
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.66	416.00	253.00
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.59	3.39	3.18
34	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.57	49.30	47.50
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.43	140.26	110.89
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.33	676.40	524.50
37	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.91	72.50	—
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.71	167.30	—
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.52	56.00	—
40	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.51	227.00	—
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.34	7.00	5.90
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.30	32.11	17.09
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.29	502.00	250.00
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.23	167.90	83.90
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.20	703.70	695.50
=46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.08	14.10	4.20
=46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.08	124.50	—
48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.04	47.90	37.70
49	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.98	1.30	—
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.92	69.32	64.28
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.89	4.60	1.10
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.81	21.20	—
53	Peru`PER`South America	0.79	186.60	131.70
54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.76	1.18	1.13
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.74	13.30	—
=56	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.66	1,180.00	800.00
=56	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.66	33.60	27.10
58	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.65	270.19	270.19
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.55	6.73	6.71
60	Chile`CHL`South America	0.52	77.79	77.79
=61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.47	8.10	8.10
=61	United States`USA`Northern America	0.47	1,949.00	1,949.00
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.45	3.00	2.00
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.44	1,853.00	—
=65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.43	20.30	17.50
=65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.43	51.80	—
=67	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.40	932.12	932.12
=67	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.40	0.04	0.03
=69	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.37	11.80	—
=69	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.37	3.00	—
71	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.36	6.70	5.90
72	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.35	122.70	—
=73	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.32	0.03	0.02
=73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.32	332.50	332.50
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30	13.30	—
=76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.27	51.20	51.20
=76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.27	25.40	—
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.26	3.30	—
=79	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.25	5.56	5.24
=79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.25	8.70	—
=79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.25	35.40	35.40
=82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.24	12.32	4.95
=82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.24	29.10	—
=82	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.24	5.24	—
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.22	14.30	—
=86	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.20	10.70	—
=86	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.20	8.20	8.00
=88	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.19	3.70	—
=88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.19	72.20	41.00
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.18	9.07	—
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.15	1.50	—
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.14	30.80	—
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.13	14.00	—
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.12	0.54	—
=95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.11	41.00	—
=95	Colombia`COL`South America	0.11	47.78	—
=95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.11	11.40	—
=98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.10	14.70	—
=98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.10	1.06	1.03
=100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.09	46.70	—
=100	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.09	0.37	0.37
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.08	17.40	—
=103	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.06	134.90	—
=103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.06	20.30	—
=103	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.06	59.60	—
=106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.05	1.21	—
=106	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.05	21.70	—
=106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.05	1.80	1.80
=109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.04	0.50	—
=109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.04	78.50	—
=111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.03	0.60	0.20
=111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.03	0.60	—
=111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.03	6.70	1.90
=111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.03	0.10	—
=111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.03	14.10	—
=111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.03	46.60	15.50
=111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.03	7.31	4.85
=118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.02	0.90	—
=118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.35	—
=118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.02	9.00	8.00
=118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.02	4.23	4.21
=118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.99	—
=118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1.60	1.60
=124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	2.50	—
=124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.01	1.20	—
=124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.01	0.30	—
=124	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.01	—
=124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.01	3.80	—
=124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.01	8.20	—
=130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.06	0.03
=130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.62	0.42
=130	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	—
=130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.30	—
=130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	0.05	—
=130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.00	0.05	—
=130	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.60	—
=130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.55	—
=130	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.10	—
=130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.40	0.40
=130	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.04	0.03
=130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.00	0.07	0.07
=130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.00	0.30	—
=130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	0.34	0.18
=130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.40	0.10

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Samoa27.82
2Austria18.56
3Liechtenstein17.01
4Sweden12.55
5Czechia11.22

Lowest

130Zimbabweshared0.00
130Venezuelashared0.00
130Uzbekistanshared0.00
130Tajikistanshared0.00
130Eswatinishared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia12,002.00
LowestAndorra0.00
Middle country: 14.05
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia12,002.00
LowestMalta0.02
Middle country: 21.70

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −2countries joined / left
107values changed, of 135 in both
73 · 34rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Samoa19.46 → 27.82+8.36
São Tomé and Príncipe8.41 → 10.56+2.15
Czechia9.58 → 11.22+1.64
Sweden10.94 → 12.55+1.61
Dominican Republic5.41 → 6.91+1.50

Fell most

Portugal5.75 → 4.25−1.50
Liechtenstein18.31 → 17.01−1.30
Channel Islands5.31 → 4.20−1.11
Nicaragua1.38 → 0.66−0.72
Luxembourg3.12 → 2.59−0.53

+ Angola

+ Andorra

+ Grenada

+ Haiti

+ Moldova

+ Myanmar

+ Mauritius

+ Philippines

+ Sierra Leone

− Bhutan

− Guinea-Bissau

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 2009.
91 distinct values among 144
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 15 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.
68 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) (2009). Organic Agricultural Area, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2009

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