Data for 2018

Organic Agricultural Area, 2018

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2018 covers 157 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 50.20; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.49. Against 2017, 116 values changed (75 up, 41 down), 6 countries joined.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2018

HighestSamoa

50.20

Lowest12 countries share it

0.00

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

157countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
107distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.20	27.700	27.70
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	27.26	1.410	1.37
3	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.42	10.900	10.90
4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.09	639.100	—
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20.97	206.600	171.80
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.30	609.000	536.00
7	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.48	59.790	—
8	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.86	25.650	25.65
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.78	1,958.000	1,310.00
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.82	522.000	476.00
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.47	280.400	249.90
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.13	2,147.100	2,147.10
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.09	297.400	235.60
14	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.89	41.150	41.15
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.62	160.145	—
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.10	266.000	195.00
17	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.01	189.000	175.10
18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.94	35,687.800	32,954.50
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.58	2,246.500	1,929.72
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.29	492.600	316.80
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.13	239.700	214.10
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.82	47.840	41.66
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.34	1,221.300	—
24	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	7.11	169.030	—
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.10	2,035.000	1,502.60
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.95	103.200	57.30
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.57	89.000	76.50
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.68	213.100	195.30
29	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.71	1.600	1.60
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.70	46.380	41.69
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.53	6.000	3.80
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.43	4.710	4.71
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.40	5.785	5.13
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.95	209.400	171.10
35	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3.53	49.570	46.14
36	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.51	64.000	59.30
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.34	484.700	363.60
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.19	309.220	—
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.07	3,617.000	3,617.00
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3.00	116.000	—
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.90	146.000	96.00
42	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.74	77.170	73.98
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.67	462.489	430.46
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.63	118.699	71.33
45	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.51	99.240	99.24
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.43	326.300	171.60
47	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.27	1,311.570	1,311.57
48	Peru`PER`South America	2.18	524.900	429.60
49	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.09	0.180	0.18
50	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.96	0.680	0.49
=51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.73	4.460	3.53
=51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.73	218.570	216.24
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.66	627.000	—
54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.63	262.300	19.10
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.50	24.700	—
56	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.42	2.140	2.14
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.29	6.630	6.48
58	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.23	4.690	4.68
=59	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.11	8.760	8.76
=59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.11	41.300	—
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.08	1,938.000	—
62	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.00	0.080	—
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.98	0.240	—
=64	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.90	29.270	—
=64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.90	5.800	5.80
66	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.85	88.870	—
=67	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.79	37.630	20.32
=67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.79	3,135.000	2,558.00
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.77	41.790	35.40
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.76	17.150	9.80
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.75	309.100	233.50
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.71	278.500	—
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.68	34.790	30.88
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.56	19.260	12.65
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.55	154.490	95.38
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.51	8.960	—
=77	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.50	1,188.000	—
=77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.50	0.500	0.50
=79	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.49	186.200	184.90
=79	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.49	9.200	2.00
=81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.47	27.550	27.10
=81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.47	251.630	251.15
=81	United States`USA`Northern America	0.47	2,023.400	2,159.75
=84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.45	0.047	0.05
=84	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.45	0.000	—
=86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.42	95.070	—
=86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.42	51.400	221.71
88	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.38	0.050	—
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.36	16.450	16.43
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.34	56.660	56.66
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.33	7.700	—
=92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.31	11.850	11.62
=92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.31	3.960	2.12
=94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.30	114.300	97.30
=94	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.30	5.930	—
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.29	14.000	9.25
97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.28	607.000	540.00
98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.24	29.660	28.50
=99	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.23	10.790	10.79
=99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.23	8.810	8.27
101	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.22	4.400	4.40
=102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.21	22.100	21.30
=102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.21	12.400	12.40
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.21	42.800	—
=105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.19	50.570	50.55
=105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.19	1.240	1.17
=105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.19	183.000	—
=108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.18	61.000	60.00
=108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.18	64.890	60.87
110	Chile`CHL`South America	0.15	17.400	17.40
=111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.14	1.680	1.62
=111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14	1.450	—
=111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.14	20.000	—
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.13	0.220	—
115	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.12	48.760	47.39
=116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.11	9.580	9.56
=116	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.11	2.130	2.12
=116	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.11	0.090	0.09
=119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.10	6.200	—
=119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.10	0.840	0.83
=121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.09	0.370	0.29
=121	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.09	192.100	141.50
=121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.09	12.310	12.30
=121	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.09	7.990	3.14
=121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.09	82.820	76.77
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.08	57.120	55.98
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.07	77.000	77.00
=128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.06	0.750	0.47
=128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.06	1.450	0.96
130	Colombia`COL`South America	0.05	22.310	—
=131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.04	0.690	0.30
=131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.04	0.900	0.55
=133	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.03	12.000	11.00
=133	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.03	12.660	—
=133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.03	9.920	8.96
=133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	14.930	13.70
=137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.02	2.250	—
=137	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.02	1.660	0.95
=137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.02	0.190	0.19
=140	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01	0.000	—
=140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.160	0.16
=140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.01	1.090	—
=140	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.01	0.020	—
=140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.01	18.635	18.64
=140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.01	1.230	1.23
=146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.790	0.79
=146	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.770	0.77
=146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	0.060	—
=146	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.640	—
=146	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.070	0.07
=146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.250	—
=146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.040	—
=146	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.00	0.940	0.94
=146	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.420	0.42

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

146Zimbabweshared0.00
146Uzbekistanshared0.00
146Omanshared0.00
146Nigershared0.00
146Namibiashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia35,687.800
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 22.310
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia32,954.50
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 20.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 151 in both
75 · 41rose · fell
35unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste9.16 → 17.48+8.32
Fiji5.14 → 12.89+7.75
Vanuatu9.22 → 15.86+6.64
Samoa44.68 → 50.20+5.52
São Tomé and Príncipe20.98 → 25.42+4.44

Fell most

Sri Lanka6.00 → 2.74−3.26
Tonga4.61 → 1.96−2.65
Dominican Republic8.82 → 7.11−1.71
Portugal6.84 → 5.68−1.16
Moldova1.30 → 0.76−0.54

+ Belarus

+ Liberia

+ Lesotho

+ Mongolia

+ Singapore

+ Uzbekistan

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 2018.
107 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 12 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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39 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) (2018). Organic Agricultural Area, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2018

0620 held

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