Data for 2021

Organic Agricultural Area, 2021

Name: Organic Agricultural Area, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Organic Agricultural Area, 2021 covers 155 countries on 3 measures. Samoa is highest, at 82.96; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.71. Against 2020, 111 values changed (72 up, 39 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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Organic Agricultural Area · Data for 2021

HighestSamoa

82.96

Lowest7 countries share it

0.00

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

155countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	40.990
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	27.52	1.42	1.420
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.16	680.80	—
4	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	22.96	226.60	209.500
5	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.56	9.10	6.570
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.21	607.00	570.000
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	17.76	2,741.85	2,738.550
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.63	2,187.00	1,785.000
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.11	365.40	327.700
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.81	558.00	523.000
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.34	302.20	261.500
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.45	249.72	181.475
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.03	180.38	—
14	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.87	2.91	2.910
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	11.76	308.00	269.000
16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.67	2,799.15	2,105.808
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.82	35,687.80	32,954.530
18	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.69	30.19	28.220
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	9.65	1,601.30	—
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.60	2,744.20	2,168.982
21	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.46	32.31	32.310
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.36	534.63	451.080
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.91	261.80	208.300
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.48	51.83	44.760
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.26	121.90	89.800
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.74	308.29	257.121
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.50	102.41	89.856
28	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.31	8.23	7.560
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	6.36	7.74	5.419
30	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.26	88.01	84.630
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5.82	293.60	262.906
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.19	6.89	5.670
33	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.01	117.31	103.510
34	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.91	193.95	190.660
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.85	3,716.50	3,716.500
36	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.56	44.93	41.860
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.42	578.70	344.500
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.21	76.38	71.281
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	3.89	6.28	5.550
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.79	549.40	404.600
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.50	130.86	130.850
42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3.33	182.00	41.860
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.21	1.12	1.120
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.14	505.31	505.310
=45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.88	116.00	116.000
=45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.88	279.39	279.390
47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.82	485.97	445.619
48	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.54	40.66	—
49	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.44	0.20	0.200
50	Peru`PER`South America	2.39	594.31	485.216
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.37	66.62	66.540
52	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.27	0.02	0.020
53	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.13	1,215.59	1,215.590
54	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	2.10	0.18	0.180
55	Honduras`HND`Central America	2.08	66.18	66.180
56	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.00	86.87	70.360
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.72	4.40	4.160
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.71	216.33	209.440
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.70	86.00	70.000
=60	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.49	2,658.00	2,657.890
=60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.49	11.77	11.770
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.45	71.65	71.520
63	Chile`CHL`South America	1.41	152.77	152.770
64	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.38	5.42	5.420
65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.17	9.84	—
=66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.15	6.00	3.000
=66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.15	28.40	23.270
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.04	48.90	46.600
69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.02	422.30	370.110
70	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.96	5.20	5.200
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.92	352.00	219.440
72	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.86	332.52	277.290
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.80	38.08	20.770
74	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.78	79.35	—
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.74	0.07	0.044
=76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.73	37.36	32.630
=76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.73	286.63	285.880
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.71	167.99	—
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.70	2,754.00	1,952.000
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.68	23.53	13.220
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.65	10.30	10.300
82	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.64	0.94	0.940
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.63	1,482.00	1,481.920
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.60	74.54	55.980
85	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.58	22.29	10.390
86	United States`USA`Northern America	0.55	2,326.60	1,981.049
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.53	113.15	104.100
88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.47	79.28	28.710
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.46	179.42	88.120
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.45	128.02	128.020
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.38	0.05	—
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.37	0.68	0.680
93	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.36	7.99	—
94	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.34	21.11	21.110
=95	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.32	6.00	0.400
=95	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.32	5.93	5.930
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.31	3.91	2.456
=98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.30	78.78	78.360
=98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30	3.54	3.540
=98	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.30	38.26	38.220
=98	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.30	14.14	14.140
=98	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30	655.00	94.000
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.29	30.26	—
=104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.25	89.00	89.000
=104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.25	1.67	1.590
=104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.25	0.03	0.030
=107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.24	238.00	238.000
=107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.24	4.70	4.700
=109	Colombia`COL`South America	0.23	100.87	100.870
=109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.23	95.08	94.730
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.21	2.56	2.460
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.19	69.85	68.360
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.18	4.28	1.800
=114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.15	2.74	2.740
=114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.15	83.36	82.470
=114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.15	20.00	—
=117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.14	1.45	—
=117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.14	2.79	2.790
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.11	2.50	2.080
=120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.10	1.10	0.900
=120	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.10	97.36	91.770
122	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.09	41.05	41.020
=123	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.08	6.72	2.440
=123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.08	10.14	10.070
=123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.08	58.03	58.030
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.07	0.05	0.050
=127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.06	2.45	1.680
=127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.06	72.00	72.000
129	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.05	113.25	76.860
=130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.04	17.84	17.840
=130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.04	11.45	9.830
=132	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.03	0.58	0.300
=132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.03	0.55	0.550
=132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.03	2.13	—
=132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.03	3.26	3.250
=136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.02	1.59	1.530
=136	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.02	0.03	0.030
=136	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.02	1.28	1.280
=136	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.02	0.01	0.010
=136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.02	27.11	22.307
=136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.02	4.93	1.250
=142	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.01	0.00	—
=142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.01	0.50	—
=142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.01	7.00	7.000
=142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.01	0.32	0.320
=142	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.01	2.50	2.500
=142	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.01	3.38	2.830
=142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.01	1.08	1.020
=149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.00	0.10	0.090
=149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.00	0.77	0.770
=149	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	—
=149	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.00	0.01	0.000
=149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.24	—
=149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.00	0.38	0.380
=149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.01	0.000

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

Lowest

149Omanshared0.00
149Namibiashared0.00
149Mongoliashared0.00
149Jamaicashared0.00
149Iraqshared0.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.71. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia35,687.80
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 38.08
Certified organic area (1000 ha)
HighestAustralia32,954.530
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 39.605

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
111values changed, of 151 in both
72 · 39rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands3.11 → 7.31+4.20
Fiji6.19 → 9.69+3.50
Vanuatu1.27 → 3.89+2.62
Ecuador0.77 → 3.33+2.56
Finland13.93 → 16.11+2.18

Fell most

Liechtenstein28.83 → 27.52−1.31
Bulgaria2.30 → 1.70−0.60
Canada2.48 → 2.13−0.35
Guatemala1.77 → 1.45−0.32
Portugal8.05 → 7.74−0.31

+ Dominica

+ Liberia

+ Saint Lucia

+ Namibia

− Cabo Verde

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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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
114 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 7 countries share 0.01. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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17 empty cells
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Organic Agricultural Area, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organic-agriculture/2021

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