Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Iceland
Iceland: Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land was 0.16 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Iceland, 2005–2024
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 Iceland is 0.16 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Iceland peaked at 0.54 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.16 %, in 2024.
Iceland ranks 118th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.27 % | — |
| 2006 | 0.27 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.33 % | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 0.37 % | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 0.36 % | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.31 % | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 0.44 % | +41.9% |
| 2012 | 0.44 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.44 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.44 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.52 % | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 0.54 % | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.49 % | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 0.49 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.32 % | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 0.32 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.21 % | -34.4% |
| 2023 | 0.18 % | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 0.16 % | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.32 % | 0.27 % | 0.37 % | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.465 % | 0.31 % | 0.54 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.238 % | 0.16 % | 0.32 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 116 Comoros 0.18 % compare
- 117 El Salvador 0.17 % compare
- 118 Kyrgyzstan 0.16 % compare
- 120 Colombia 0.15 % compare
- 120 Suriname 0.15 % compare
More environment data for Iceland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.1539 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0842 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 8.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per capita 0.0829 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Iceland?
- Agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Iceland was 0.16 % 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.54 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.16 % in 2024.
- How does Iceland rank for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land?
- Iceland ranks 118th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.