Data for 2020

Organic Agricultural Area, 2020

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2020 covers 152 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 82.96; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.67. Against 2019, 128 values changed (83 up, 45 down), 1 country joined, 4 left.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2020

HighestSamoa

82.96

Lowest10 countries share it

0.00

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

152countries
3measures per country
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.96	40.99	40.99
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	28.83	1.49	1.38
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.13	680.00	—
4	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.42	220.80	201.60
5	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.77	9.10	6.57
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.33	611.00	566.00
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.78	2,742.40	2,738.60
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.74	2,095.00	1,748.00
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.41	543.00	508.00
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	14.78	291.10	264.90
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.93	316.20	282.20
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.84	222.90	181.74
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.74	176.34	—
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.60	304.00	247.00
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.03	35,687.80	32,954.53
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	9.60	1,592.70	—
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.51	534.63	451.07
18	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.46	32.31	32.31
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.33	2,437.90	2,085.68
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.86	2,518.09	1,933.90
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.16	49.80	43.50
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.05	319.54	269.35
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.00	235.50	220.30
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.26	99.07	85.53
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.22	108.60	79.20
26	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.19	19.30	17.37
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	6.13	301.43	193.22
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.16	72.48	70.50
29	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.02	117.31	103.51
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.87	4,400.00	4,400.00
31	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.81	190.13	—
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.64	5.92	5.29
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.63	6.12	5.55
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.58	45.18	41.88
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.95	71.61	66.96
36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.59	468.80	276.00
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.46	509.30	400.90
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.42	127.78	127.77
39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.22	1.12	1.12
40	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.11	3.37	3.37
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.06	297.14	297.14
42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.92	116.00	116.00
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.72	470.22	439.94
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.61	73.39	73.32
45	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.48	1,417.61	—
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.38	38.54	—
=47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.30	116.00	96.00
=47	Peru`PER`South America	2.30	559.70	464.55
49	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.27	0.02	0.02
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.14	346.50	19.10
51	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.10	0.18	0.18
52	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.06	66.18	65.31
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.87	4.82	4.12
54	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.77	87.03	51.13
55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.65	74.66	68.49
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.51	191.77	191.77
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.49	2,658.00	—
58	Chile`CHL`South America	1.43	158.52	158.52
59	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.39	5.42	5.42
60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.37	10.79	10.79
61	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.27	2.05	1.75
62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.19	9.84	—
=63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.12	27.60	21.82
=63	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.12	462.23	410.58
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.01	383.00	267.82
=66	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.00	0.08	—
=66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.00	5.40	5.40
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.80	38.08	20.77
69	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.78	79.35	—
=70	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.77	34.53	30.88
=70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.77	4.00	—
=70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.77	41.54	34.44
=70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.77	39.08	32.97
74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.74	0.07	0.04
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.69	160.80	—
76	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.68	1.00	1.00
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.65	11.46	10.59
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.62	2,435.00	1,817.00
79	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.61	234.65	—
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.60	20.97	12.00
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.59	35.88	35.88
82	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.58	72.80	—
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.56	1,319.00	1,319.31
84	United States`USA`Northern America	0.55	2,326.60	2,223.30
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.51	63.54	47.68
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.50	198.20	198.10
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.47	179.42	88.12
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.43	123.74	121.19
89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.39	66.20	65.40
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.38	0.05	—
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.35	73.43	69.65
92	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.34	118.00	118.00
=93	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.32	6.00	0.40
=93	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.32	5.93	5.93
=95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.31	79.12	79.09
=95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.31	11.82	—
=97	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.29	30.26	—
=97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.29	3.72	2.01
=97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.29	615.00	—
=97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.29	5.19	4.82
101	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.26	11.99	11.99
=102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.25	0.45	—
=102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.25	1.71	1.60
=102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.25	103.82	99.68
=102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.25	9.36	8.94
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.22	216.00	216.00
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.21	2.57	2.47
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.19	69.85	68.36
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.16	2.91	2.91
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.15	3.27	—
=111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.14	75.79	75.54
=111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14	1.45	—
=111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.14	20.00	—
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.10	1.16	1.12
115	Colombia`COL`South America	0.09	39.41	—
=116	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.08	0.89	0.77
=116	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.08	6.84	0.97
=116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.08	1.69	1.28
=116	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.08	10.14	10.07
=116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.08	55.00	55.00
=121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.07	1.57	0.96
=121	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.07	74.00	75.00
=121	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.07	0.05	0.05
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.05	114.89	—
=125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.04	14.68	14.68
=125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.04	11.45	9.83
=125	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.04	3.81	3.80
=125	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.04	40.95	33.22
=129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.03	0.57	0.28
=129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.03	2.13	—
=129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.03	12.00	11.00
=129	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.03	14.44	12.94
=133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.32	0.27
=133	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.02	0.03	0.03
=133	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1.28	1.28
=133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	26.63	22.31
=137	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01	0.00	—
=137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.01	0.50	—
=137	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.01	0.01
=137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.01	3.78	—
=137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.01	1.49	—
=137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.01	1.04	1.04
=143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.10	0.09
=143	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.77	0.77
=143	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	—
=143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.00	0.35	—
=143	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	—
=143	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	0.01	—
=143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.23	0.23
=143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.24	—
=143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	—
=143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.69	0.69

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

143Zambiashared0.00
143Omanshared0.00
143Malawishared0.00
143Mongoliashared0.00
143Jamaicashared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia35,687.80
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 38.31
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia32,954.53
LowestMauritius0.01
Middle country: 35.88

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −4countries joined / left
128values changed, of 151 in both
83 · 45rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay14.00 → 17.78+3.78
Papua New Guinea1.76 → 5.16+3.40
Portugal5.33 → 8.05+2.72
Togo1.03 → 3.42+2.39
Germany7.75 → 9.60+1.85

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe25.13 → 20.77−4.36
Vanuatu5.18 → 1.27−3.91
Bulgaria4.27 → 2.30−1.97
Fiji7.17 → 6.19−0.98
Solomon Islands3.81 → 3.11−0.70

+ Venezuela

− Dominica

− Liberia

− Namibia

− Niger

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.

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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 2020.
107 distinct values among 152
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
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35 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Organic Agricultural Area, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2020

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