Data for 2018

Organic Agricultural Area, 2018

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. A higher value is the better result.

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	SamoaWSMPolynesia	50.20	27.700	27.70
2	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	27.26	1.410	1.37
3	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	25.42	10.900	10.90
4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	24.09	639.100	—
5	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	20.97	206.600	171.80
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	20.30	609.000	536.00
7	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	17.48	59.790	—
8	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	15.86	25.650	25.65
9	ItalyITASouthern Europe	15.78	1,958.000	1,310.00
10	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	14.82	522.000	476.00
11	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	14.47	280.400	249.90
12	UruguayURYSouth America	14.13	2,147.100	2,147.10
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	13.09	297.400	235.60
14	FijiFJIMelanesia	12.89	41.150	41.15
15	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	10.62	160.145	—
16	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	10.10	266.000	195.00
17	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	10.01	189.000	175.10
18	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	9.94	35,687.800	32,954.50
19	SpainESPSouthern Europe	8.58	2,246.500	1,929.72
20	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	8.29	492.600	316.80
21	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	8.13	239.700	214.10
22	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	7.82	47.840	41.66
23	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	7.34	1,221.300	—
24	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	7.11	169.030	—
25	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.10	2,035.000	1,502.60
26	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	6.95	103.200	57.30
27	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	6.57	89.000	76.50
28	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	5.68	213.100	195.30
29	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	4.71	1.600	1.60
30	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.70	46.380	41.69
31	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	4.53	6.000	3.80
32	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	4.43	4.710	4.71
33	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	4.40	5.785	5.13
34	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	3.95	209.400	171.10
35	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	3.53	49.570	46.14
36	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.51	64.000	59.30
37	PolandPOLEastern Europe	3.34	484.700	363.60
38	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	3.19	309.220	—
39	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.07	3,617.000	3,617.00
40	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3.00	116.000	—
41	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.90	146.000	96.00
42	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	2.74	77.170	73.98
43	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	2.67	462.489	430.46
44	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.63	118.699	71.33
45	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	2.51	99.240	99.24
46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	2.43	326.300	171.60
47	CanadaCANNorthern America	2.27	1,311.570	1,311.57
48	PeruPERSouth America	2.18	524.900	429.60
49	Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe	2.09	0.180	0.18
50	TongaTONPolynesia	1.96	0.680	0.49
=51	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	1.73	4.460	3.53
=51	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	1.73	218.570	216.24
53	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	1.66	627.000	—
54	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	1.63	262.300	19.10
55	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.50	24.700	—
56	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	1.42	2.140	2.14
57	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.29	6.630	6.48
58	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	1.23	4.690	4.68
=59	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	1.11	8.760	8.76
=59	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.11	41.300	—
61	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	1.08	1,938.000	—
62	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1.00	0.080	—
63	DominicaDMACaribbean	0.98	0.240	—
=64	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.90	29.270	—
=64	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.90	5.800	5.80
66	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.85	88.870	—
=67	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.79	37.630	20.32
=67	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.79	3,135.000	2,558.00
69	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.77	41.790	35.40
70	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.76	17.150	9.80
71	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.75	309.100	233.50
72	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.71	278.500	—
73	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.68	34.790	30.88
74	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.56	19.260	12.65
75	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.55	154.490	95.38
76	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.51	8.960	—
=77	BrazilBRASouth America	0.50	1,188.000	—
=77	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.50	0.500	0.50
=79	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.49	186.200	184.90
=79	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.49	9.200	2.00
=81	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.47	27.550	27.10
=81	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.47	251.630	251.15
=81	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.47	2,023.400	2,159.75
=84	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.45	0.047	0.05
=84	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.45	0.000	—
=86	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.42	95.070	—
=86	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.42	51.400	221.71
88	BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.38	0.050	—
89	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.36	16.450	16.43
90	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.34	56.660	56.66
91	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.33	7.700	—
=92	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.31	11.850	11.62
=92	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.31	3.960	2.12
=94	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.30	114.300	97.30
=94	PanamaPANCentral America	0.30	5.930	—
96	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.29	14.000	9.25
97	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.28	607.000	540.00
98	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.24	29.660	28.50
=99	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.23	10.790	10.79
=99	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.23	8.810	8.27
101	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.22	4.400	4.40
=102	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.21	22.100	21.30
=102	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.21	12.400	12.40
=102	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.21	42.800	—
=105	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.19	50.570	50.55
=105	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.19	1.240	1.17
=105	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.19	183.000	—
=108	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.18	61.000	60.00
=108	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.18	64.890	60.87
110	ChileCHLSouth America	0.15	17.400	17.40
=111	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.14	1.680	1.62
=111	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.14	1.450	—
=111	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.14	20.000	—
114	BelizeBLZCentral America	0.13	0.220	—
115	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.12	48.760	47.39
=116	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.11	9.580	9.56
=116	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.11	2.130	2.12
=116	SurinameSURSouth America	0.11	0.090	0.09
=119	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.10	6.200	—
=119	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.10	0.840	0.83
=121	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.09	0.370	0.29
=121	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.09	192.100	141.50
=121	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.09	12.310	12.30
=121	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.09	7.990	3.14
=121	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.09	82.820	76.77
126	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.08	57.120	55.98
127	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.07	77.000	77.00
=128	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.06	0.750	0.47
=128	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.06	1.450	0.96
130	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.05	22.310	—
=131	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.04	0.690	0.30
=131	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.04	0.900	0.55
=133	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.03	12.000	11.00
=133	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.03	12.660	—
=133	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.03	9.920	8.96
=133	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.03	14.930	13.70
=137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.02	2.250	—
=137	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.02	1.660	0.95
=137	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.02	0.190	0.19
=140	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.01	0.000	—
=140	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.01	0.160	0.16
=140	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.01	1.090	—
=140	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.01	0.020	—
=140	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.01	18.635	18.64
=140	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.01	1.230	1.23
=146	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.00	0.790	0.79
=146	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.00	0.770	0.77
=146	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.00	0.060	—
=146	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.00
=146	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.00	0.640	—
=146	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.00	0.070	0.07
=146	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.00	0.250	—
=146	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.00	0.040	—
=146	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.00	0.940	0.94
=146	ZimbabweZWEEastern 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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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.
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39 empty cells
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