Data for 2011

Organic Agricultural Area, 2011

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2011 covers 146 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 69.11; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.46. Against 2010, 108 values changed (71 up, 37 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2011

HighestSamoa

69.11

Lowest11 countries share it

0.00

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

146countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
99distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	69.11	33.50	—
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19.68	542.60	—
3	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	19.38	1.09	1.03
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.69	480.60	385.60
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.16	134.00	102.00
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.78	483.00	385.00
7	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.15	4.47	—
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10.14	184.10	130.10
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.86	170.90	126.50
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.22	188.00	161.00
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.97	1,097.00	837.00
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.55	115.65	—
13	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.31	24.75	—
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.90	161.10	145.30
15	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.41	931.00	931.00
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.07	1,015.60	—
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.03	162.20	151.40
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.02	1,625.00	—
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.95	217.30	—
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.62	56.10	50.20
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.43	152.30	99.40
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5.17	32.10	27.40
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.43	59.20	40.30
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.09	605.00	376.00
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.71	636.80	604.10
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.37	971.80	696.50
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.07	3.57	2.13
28	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.03	3,796.00	3,796.00
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.83	11,200.00	11,200.00
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.78	205.30	201.30
31	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.61	3.42	3.22
32	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.60	0.25	0.25
33	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.56	47.50	43.30
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.41	32.00	7.00
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.33	124.40	101.80
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.27	82.00	—
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.96	2.60	—
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.77	178.50	—
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.64	230.00	96.60
40	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.61	615.00	326.00
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.49	228.40	—
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.46	841.20	—
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.37	7.10	6.40
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.36	2.20	—
45	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.35	1.30	—
46	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.19	54.00	38.00
47	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.18	6.15	—
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.17	133.20	—
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.10	19.30	—
50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.98	0.24	—
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.90	0.09	—
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.89	22.00	—
53	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.88	11.30	11.30
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.79	96.30	—
55	Peru`PER`South America	0.78	186.00	142.90
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.76	1.20	1.13
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.74	0.25	—
=58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.71	52.20	—
=58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.71	19.47	—
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.66	33.60	27.10
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.65	270.32	—
=62	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.62	20.00	18.00
=62	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.62	5.00	5.00
=64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.60	1,084.30	846.60
=64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.60	3.07	2.54
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.59	6.60	—
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.58	2.00	—
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.56	9.70	9.70
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.55	6.73	6.71
=70	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.52	26.60	9.30
=70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.52	3.30	3.30
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.48	5.80	5.80
=73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.46	21.96	18.24
=73	United States`USA`Northern America	0.46	1,949.00	1,949.00
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.45	1,900.00	—
76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.44	8.20	5.90
=77	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.39	146.00	109.00
=77	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.39	140.20	136.50
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.36	366.90	—
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.31	115.00	—
=81	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.30	687.04	—
=81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.30	13.38	8.63
83	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.29	0.03	0.01
=84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.27	5.99	—
=84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.27	51.20	51.20
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.26	2.60	2.60
87	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.25	0.96	—
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.24	9.89	9.25
=89	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.22	4.99	4.57
=89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.22	23.40	—
91	Chile`CHL`South America	0.20	28.90	28.90
=92	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.19	9.40	9.40
=92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.19	3.70	—
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.18	6.24	2.58
95	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.16	19.90	—
=96	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.15	8.28	—
=96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.15	74.00	74.00
=96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.15	13.00	—
=96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.15	34.80	—
=100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.14	15.10	—
=100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.14	20.00	—
=102	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.13	19.70	—
=102	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.13	41.00	—
=102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.13	0.54	—
=105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.10	41.00	—
=105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.10	20.70	—
=107	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.09	43.30	14.40
=107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.09	196.20	196.20
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.08	2.00	1.60
=110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.07	6.81	—
=110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.07	30.20	—
=110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.07	24.90	—
=113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.06	17.00	—
=113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.06	126.80	—
=115	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.05	1.70	1.70
=115	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.05	0.91	—
=117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.04	0.75	0.30
=117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.04	14.79	—
=117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.04	14.10	—
=117	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.04	41.90	—
=117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.04	1.30	—
=122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	0.55	—
=122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.03	2.21	1.52
=122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.03	0.03	—
=122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.03	7.31	4.85
=126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.02	0.34	0.30
=126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.02	4.97	4.44
=126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1.60	1.60
=129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.01	2.50	2.50
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.01	0.80	—
=129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.01	0.18	0.18
=129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.01	4.50	—
=129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.01	9.47	—
=129	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.01	18.50	16.30
=129	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.01	0.46	0.18
=136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.06	0.04
=136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.69	0.69
=136	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.00	0.00	—
=136	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	0.01	—
=136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.17	0.15
=136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.20	0.20
=136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.08	0.08
=136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.04	—
=136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.00	0.21	—
=136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00	0.06	—
=136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.47	0.38

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Samoa69.11
2Austria19.68
3Liechtenstein19.38
4Sweden15.69
5Estonia14.16

Lowest

136Zimbabweshared0.00
136Venezuelashared0.00
136Uzbekistanshared0.00
136Eswatinishared0.00
136Omanshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia11,200.00
LowestAndorra0.00
Middle country: 19.38
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia11,200.00
LowestMalta0.01
Middle country: 11.30

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
108values changed, of 142 in both
71 · 37rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

Samoa23.29 → 69.11+45.82
Liechtenstein17.74 → 19.38+1.64
Estonia12.75 → 14.16+1.41
Sweden14.28 → 15.69+1.41
Comoros0.78 → 1.96+1.18

Fell most

Greece4.14 → 2.78−1.36
Channel Islands3.95 → 2.60−1.35
Israel1.74 → 1.37−0.37
Dominican Republic7.26 → 6.90−0.36
United Kingdom4.05 → 3.71−0.34

+ Bhutan

+ Dominica

+ Lesotho

+ Tonga

− Sierra Leone

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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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 2011.
99 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 11 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.
67 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) (2011). Organic Agricultural Area, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2011

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