Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Europe
Europe: Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land was 4.26 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Europe, 2004–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Europe is 4.26 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 76.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Europe peaked at 4.26 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.21 %, in 2004.
Europe ranks 6th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.21 % | — |
| 2005 | 1.38 % | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 1.48 % | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 1.6 % | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 1.72 % | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 1.9 % | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 2.04 % | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 2.17 % | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2.31 % | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 2.34 % | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.42 % | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.63 % | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 2.79 % | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 2.98 % | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 3.18 % | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 3.4 % | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 3.6 % | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 3.81 % | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 3.88 % | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 4.19 % | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 4.26 % | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.55 % | 1.21 % | 1.9 % | 6 |
| 2010s | 2.63 % | 2.04 % | 3.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.95 % | 3.6 % | 4.26 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 16.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11.92 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Europe?
- Agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Europe was 4.26 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4.26 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.21 % in 2004.
- How does Europe rank for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.