Data for 2016

Organic Agricultural Area, 2016

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2016 covers 152 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 40.26; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.55. Against 2015, 109 values changed (74 up, 35 down), 3 countries joined.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2016

HighestSamoa

40.26

Lowest8 countries share it

0.00

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

152countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
104distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.26	27.70	27.70
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	26.48	1.38	1.11
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	21.40	571.42	—
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.31	553.00	472.00
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.04	180.90	150.40
6	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.44	6.71	6.69
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.08	491.00	429.00
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.02	1,796.00	1,201.00
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.42	259.10	166.60
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	11.08	1,657.00	1,657.00
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.47	238.20	198.20
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.92	187.02	140.53
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.24	139.90	—
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.89	205.30	186.50
15	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.30	28.30	28.30
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7.92	27,145.00	—
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.69	202.00	159.00
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.69	2,018.80	1,399.73
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.51	221.70	134.30
20	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.30	11.80	10.80
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.06	43.58	36.36
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.82	1,135.50	—
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.74	245.05	171.74
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.05	93.60	29.20
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.81	78.50	56.10
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.58	342.60	308.30
27	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	5.56	5.70	5.60
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.35	1,537.00	1,054.00
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.12	5.60	3.10
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.84	47.62	44.68
31	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.71	1.60	1.60
32	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.33	1.50	1.40
33	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	4.10	13.40	11.80
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.73	536.60	430.90
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.53	186.30	91.30
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.50	96.30	84.90
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.47	4.54	3.96
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.20	160.60	36.10
39	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.01	54.60	48.80
40	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.85	495.10	470.41
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.84	105.91	—
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.37	2,844.00	2,844.00
43	Peru`PER`South America	2.16	518.00	395.60
44	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	1.94	0.18	0.18
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.89	1,099.00	925.00
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.87	181.10	—
47	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.78	2.60	2.60
48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.76	69.69	68.88
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.72	76.70	46.50
=50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.67	226.30	149.60
=50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.67	262.30	—
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.58	198.31	—
=53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.37	3.50	3.10
=53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.37	524.00	—
55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.30	30.14	21.39
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.27	6.60	6.60
57	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.20	4.60	0.40
58	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.19	20.17	—
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.17	15.60	14.80
60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.13	0.09	—
61	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.98	0.24	—
62	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.92	381.20	—
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.91	28.70	—
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.83	1,490.00	—
65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.82	6.50	6.50
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.80	4.40	4.40
67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.79	37.63	20.32
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.74	15.20	4.50
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.72	39.80	33.90
=70	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.70	74.13	—
=70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.70	268.70	227.20
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.69	674.00	626.00
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.66	33.60	27.10
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.58	21.60	19.70
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.57	2,281.00	1,784.00
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.55	154.50	—
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.54	10.20	2.00
=78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.50	0.50	0.50
=78	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.50	186.20	184.90
80	United States`USA`Northern America	0.48	2,031.30	2,031.39
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.45	7.90	—
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.44	53.50	33.20
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.42	14.36	7.39
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.38	0.05	—
85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.33	12.70	6.60
=86	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.32	750.00	—
=86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.32	7.70	—
=86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.32	64.10	—
=89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.30	114.30	97.30
=89	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.30	6.10	6.10
91	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.29	0.03	0.03
=92	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.28	94.40	79.50
=92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.28	13.38	8.63
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.25	57.20	—
=95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.24	126.00	125.60
=95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.24	9.40	8.90
=97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.22	0.38	0.34
=97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22	2.72	1.75
=99	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.21	9.96	9.96
=99	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.21	12.24	1.21
=101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.17	27.30	—
=101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.17	9.72	5.18
=101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.17	42.00	41.90
=101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.17	21.30	20.50
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.16	1.10	1.00
=106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.15	5.70	9.37
=106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15	60.00	59.00
=106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.15	315.00	236.00
=109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14	1.52	—
=109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.14	303.40	184.30
=109	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.14	20.00	—
112	Chile`CHL`South America	0.13	16.00	16.00
=113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.12	1.43	1.36
=113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.12	45.30	43.80
=113	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.12	130.00	9.00
=116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.09	0.70	0.70
=116	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.09	0.37	0.29
=118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.08	7.97	6.98
=118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.08	30.13	23.19
=118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.08	52.40	47.40
=118	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.08	7.17	2.33
=122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.07	1.20	1.00
=122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.07	6.86	—
=122	Colombia`COL`South America	0.07	31.60	26.10
=125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.06	0.66	—
=125	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.06	1.50	1.00
=125	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.06	0.05	0.05
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.05	1.00	0.90
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.04	19.00	8.00
=129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.04	0.03	—
=129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.04	4.60	4.60
=132	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.03	11.92	11.89
=132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.03	10.00	8.50
=132	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.03	7.70	5.00
=135	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.02	0.00	—
=135	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.02	1.30	—
=135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.02	0.55	0.55
=135	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.02	7.41	7.39
=135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.02	3.20	1.20
=140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.10	—
=140	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.01	0.02	—
=140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.01	0.60	—
=140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.01	17.20	12.10
=140	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.01	14.20	12.80
=145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.40	0.39
=145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.80	0.80
=145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.00	0.00	—
=145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.38	0.38
=145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.00	0.01	0.01
=145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	0.06	—
=145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.26	0.26
=145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.04	—

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Samoa40.26
2Liechtenstein26.48
3Austria21.40
4Sweden18.31
5Estonia18.04

Lowest

145Eswatinishared0.00
145Omanshared0.00
145Nigershared0.00
145Iraqshared0.00
145Algeriashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia27,145.00
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 20.09
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestArgentina2,844.00
LowestEswatini0.01
Middle country: 14.80

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 149 in both
74 · 35rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Liechtenstein21.24 → 26.48+5.24
Samoa36.63 → 40.26+3.63
Italy11.53 → 14.02+2.49
Uruguay8.69 → 11.08+2.39
Estonia15.69 → 18.04+2.35

Fell most

Tonga7.85 → 4.33−3.52
El Salvador1.12 → 0.12−1.00
Greece6.57 → 5.58−0.99
São Tomé and Príncipe16.80 → 16.44−0.36
Guinea-Bissau0.43 → 0.09−0.34

+ Angola

+ Albania

+ Oman

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 2016.
104 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 8 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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37 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) (2016). Organic Agricultural Area, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2016

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