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Share of arable land which is organic by country

Organic arable land area is the sum of the area certified as organic by official standards, and land area in the conversion process to organic (which is assumed by the UN FAO as a two-year period prior to certification). Arable land is that used for crops (which does not include grazing land).

Countries reporting
165
Highest
84.59 percent
Samoa
Lowest
0 percent
Zimbabwe
Median
0.73 percent
Years covered
20
2004–2023
Data points
2,954

What the numbers show

Share of arable land which is organic is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 84.59 percent in Samoa; the lowest is 0 percent in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.73 percent, and the mean is 3.76 percent.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 6,933.3%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Share of arable land which is organic: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Samoa 84.59 percent 2023 up 54.0% rising
3 Austria 27 percent 2023 up 39.2% rising
4 Uruguay 25.09 percent 2023 up 286.6% volatile
5 Estonia 22.77 percent 2023 up 45.5% rising
6 Sao Tome and Principe 21.58 percent 2023 up 86.5% rising
7 Italy 18.76 percent 2023 up 94.2% rising
8 Sweden 18.44 percent 2023 up 11.6% rising
9 Portugal 17.45 percent 2023 up 227.4% rising
10 Greece 17.22 percent 2023 up 221.3% volatile
11 Czechia 16.82 percent 2023 up 24.4% rising
12 Latvia 15.07 percent 2023 up 51.3% rising
13 Australia 14.6 percent 2023 up 457.3% volatile
14 Slovakia 14.3 percent 2023 up 67.3% rising
15 Finland 13.51 percent 2023 up 48.1% rising
16 Spain 12.76 percent 2023 up 112.0% rising
17 Switzerland 12.65 percent 2023 up 51.3% rising
18 Dominica 11.63 percent 2023 up 1,111.5% volatile
19 Denmark 11.41 percent 2023 up 77.2% rising
20 Germany 11.17 percent 2023 up 78.4% rising
21 French Guiana 10.03 percent 2023 up 6.6% rising
22 France 9.78 percent 2023 up 165.0% volatile
23 East Timor 9.21 percent 2023 up 26.7% rising
24 Slovenia 8.93 percent 2023 up 40.9% rising
25 Lithuania 8.92 percent 2023 up 57.9% rising
26 Togo 8.44 percent 2023 up 6,933.3% volatile
27 Cyprus 8.12 percent 2023 up 105.6% volatile
28 Croatia 8.07 percent 2023 up 211.6% volatile
29 Belgium 7.56 percent 2023 up 61.5% rising
30 Solomon Islands 6.96 percent 2023 up 427.3% rising
32 Hungary 6.3 percent 2023 up 153.0% rising
33 Reunion 5.76 percent 2023 up 384.0% volatile
34 Romania 5.46 percent 2023 up 151.6% volatile
35 Sierra Leone 5.44 percent 2023 up 1,294.9% volatile
36 Dominican Republic 5.13 percent 2023 down 39.7% rising
37 Netherlands 4.88 percent 2023 up 98.4% rising
38 Kiribati 4.71 percent 2018 — flat
39 Norway 4.68 percent 2023 down 10.7% flat
40 Poland 4.36 percent 2023 down 6.2% rising
42 Fiji 4.13 percent 2023 up 507.4% volatile
43 Argentina 3.53 percent 2023 up 34.7% rising
44 Uganda 3.51 percent 2023 up 119.4% rising
45 Vanuatu 3.44 percent 2023 up 57.1% volatile
47 Bulgaria 2.95 percent 2023 up 163.4% volatile
48 Egypt 2.86 percent 2023 up 24.3% rising
49 Falkland Islands 2.82 percent 2023 down 92.2% volatile
51 United Kingdom 2.8 percent 2023 down 13.3% falling
52 Guatemala 2.72 percent 2023 up 750.0% volatile
53 Chile 2.69 percent 2023 up 1,969.2% volatile
54 Honduras 2.67 percent 2023 up 260.8% volatile
55 India 2.51 percent 2023 up 796.4% volatile
56 Niue 2.44 percent 2023 up 95.2% volatile
57 South Korea 2.41 percent 2023 up 100.8% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 2.32 percent 2023 up 226.8% volatile
59 Canada 2.27 percent 2023 up 51.3% rising
60 Taiwan 2.25 percent 2023 up 204.1% volatile
61 French Polynesia 2.24 percent 2023 down 71.4% volatile
62 Singapore 2.21 percent 2023 up 391.1% rising
63 Grenada 2.2 percent 2023 up 94.7% rising
64 Tunisia 2.02 percent 2023 up 48.5% rising
65 Burkina Faso 1.96 percent 2023 up 1,407.7% volatile
66 Moldova 1.7 percent 2023 up 91.0% rising
67 Tajikistan 1.66 percent 2023 up 388.2% volatile
68 Montenegro 1.62 percent 2023 up 17.4% rising
69 Philippines 1.47 percent 2023 up 81.5% rising
70 Vietnam 1.42 percent 2023 up 305.7% volatile
71 United Arab Emirates 1.38 percent 2023 up 26.6% volatile
72 Ecuador 1.36 percent 2023 up 138.6% rising
73 Palestine 1.32 percent 2023 down 13.7% rising
74 Benin 1.28 percent 2023 up 2,460.0% volatile
75 Laos 1.18 percent 2023 up 337.0% volatile
76 Guinea-Bissau 1.17 percent 2023 up 408.7% volatile
77 Ethiopia 1.14 percent 2023 up 159.1% rising
77 Ukraine 1.14 percent 2023 up 20.0% rising
79 Peru 1.01 percent 2023 down 37.7% rising
80 Ghana 1 percent 2023 up 334.8% volatile
82 Tonga 0.92 percent 2023 down 24.0% volatile
83 United States Virgin Islands 0.91 percent 2019 up 21.3% rising
84 Turkey 0.89 percent 2023 down 55.5% rising
86 Serbia 0.85 percent 2023 up 254.2% volatile
87 New Zealand 0.82 percent 2023 down 14.6% rising
88 Israel 0.78 percent 2023 down 29.1% falling
89 Paraguay 0.76 percent 2023 up 137.5% rising
90 Papua New Guinea 0.73 percent 2023 down 55.2% volatile
91 Bhutan 0.7 percent 2023 down 45.7% volatile
92 North Macedonia 0.67 percent 2023 up 168.0% volatile
93 China 0.66 percent 2023 up 65.0% rising
94 Costa Rica 0.65 percent 2023 up 58.5% rising
95 Nicaragua 0.61 percent 2023 down 7.6% falling
96 Kenya 0.6 percent 2023 up 2,900.0% volatile
97 Cambodia 0.58 percent 2023 up 222.2% volatile
98 Tanzania 0.56 percent 2023 up 14.3% volatile
99 United States 0.49 percent 2023 down 3.9% rising
100 Cook Islands 0.48 percent 2023 down 54.3% falling
101 Nepal 0.45 percent 2023 up 95.7% volatile
102 Brazil 0.43 percent 2023 up 43.3% rising
103 Madagascar 0.42 percent 2023 up 500.0% volatile
104 Japan 0.41 percent 2023 up 86.4% rising
105 Cote d'Ivoire 0.38 percent 2023 up 322.2% volatile
105 Liberia 0.38 percent 2023 — volatile
107 Bahamas 0.37 percent 2023 down 2.6% flat
108 Thailand 0.35 percent 2023 up 133.3% volatile
109 Malawi 0.34 percent 2023 — volatile
110 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.31 percent 2023 up 93.8% volatile
111 Bolivia 0.3 percent 2023 down 21.1% rising
111 Pakistan 0.3 percent 2023 up 400.0% volatile
113 Rwanda 0.29 percent 2023 up 52.6% volatile
114 Mexico 0.28 percent 2023 down 44.0% flat
115 Faroe Islands 0.26 percent 2023 unchanged rising
115 Panama 0.26 percent 2023 down 61.8% volatile
117 Georgia 0.25 percent 2023 up 212.5% volatile
118 Azerbaijan 0.24 percent 2023 down 51.0% rising
118 Belize 0.24 percent 2023 down 52.0% volatile
118 Eswatini 0.24 percent 2023 — volatile
121 Nigeria 0.23 percent 2023 — volatile
122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.22 percent 2023 up 2,100.0% volatile
123 Lebanon 0.21 percent 2023 down 46.2% falling
124 Comoros 0.2 percent 2023 down 89.7% falling
125 Haiti 0.18 percent 2023 up 28.6% volatile
125 Iceland 0.18 percent 2023 down 59.1% flat
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.18 percent 2023 up 500.0% volatile
128 El Salvador 0.16 percent 2023 down 70.9% volatile
129 Jordan 0.14 percent 2023 down 48.1% rising
129 Syria 0.14 percent 2019 down 44.0% falling
131 Indonesia 0.13 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
132 Kazakhstan 0.09 percent 2023 down 30.8% falling
133 Albania 0.08 percent 2023 down 55.6% volatile
133 Burundi 0.08 percent 2023 up 166.7% volatile
133 Cuba 0.08 percent 2023 down 33.3% volatile
133 Myanmar 0.08 percent 2023 up 700.0% volatile
137 Belarus 0.07 percent 2023 up 250.0% rising
137 Colombia 0.07 percent 2023 unchanged rising
137 Suriname 0.07 percent 2023 up 40.0% rising
140 Mali 0.05 percent 2023 up 400.0% rising
141 Morocco 0.04 percent 2023 up 33.3% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.04 percent 2023 up 33.3% volatile
141 Russia 0.04 percent 2023 down 42.9% volatile
141 Sudan 0.04 percent 2023 down 66.7% falling
141 Senegal 0.04 percent 2023 down 50.0% volatile
141 South Africa 0.04 percent 2023 unchanged rising
147 Armenia 0.03 percent 2023 down 50.0% volatile
147 Cameroon 0.03 percent 2023 up 200.0% volatile
147 Iran 0.03 percent 2023 unchanged volatile
150 Kuwait 0.02 percent 2023 up 100.0% rising
150 Malaysia 0.02 percent 2023 up 100.0% volatile
152 Andorra 0.01 percent 2023 — volatile
152 Bangladesh 0.01 percent 2023 down 87.5% volatile
152 Algeria 0.01 percent 2023 — volatile
152 Mauritius 0.01 percent 2023 down 66.7% volatile
152 New Caledonia 0.01 percent 2023 down 95.5% volatile
152 Puerto Rico 0.01 percent 2023 unchanged flat
152 Saudi Arabia 0.01 percent 2023 down 50.0% falling
152 Uzbekistan 0.01 percent 2023 — volatile
152 Venezuela 0.01 percent 2023 — volatile
152 Zambia 0.01 percent 2023 down 66.7% volatile
162 Afghanistan 0 percent 2023 — flat
162 Angola 0 percent 2016 down 100.0% falling
162 Cape Verde 0 percent 2020 down 100.0% falling
162 Iraq 0 percent 2023 — flat
162 Jamaica 0 percent 2023 down 100.0% volatile
162 Lesotho 0 percent 2018 down 100.0% falling
162 Mongolia 0 percent 2023 down 100.0% volatile
162 Namibia 0 percent 2023 down 100.0% volatile
162 Niger 0 percent 2023 — flat
162 Oman 0 percent 2023 — flat
162 Zimbabwe 0 percent 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Share of arable land which is organic
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 2,954 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Organic arable land area is the sum of the area certified as organic by official standards, and land area in the conversion process to organic (which is assumed by the UN FAO as a two-year period prior to certification). Arable land is that used for crops (which does not include grazing land).