Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Northern America
Northern America: Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land was 0.9 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agriculture area under organic agric. — Share in Agricultural land in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 0.9 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 28.6% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Northern America peaked at 0.9 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.11 %, in 2004.
That places Northern America 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.11 % | — |
| 2005 | 0.47 % | +327.3% |
| 2006 | 0.38 % | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 0.48 % | +26.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5 % | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 0.56 % | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 0.56 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.58 % | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.58 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.63 % | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 0.64 % | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.61 % | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 0.65 % | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 0.66 % | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.69 % | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.76 % | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 0.78 % | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.74 % | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.76 % | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7 % | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 0.9 % | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4167 % | 0.11 % | 0.56 % | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.636 % | 0.56 % | 0.76 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.776 % | 0.7 % | 0.9 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 11 Sweden 16.67 % compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 0.47 % compare
- 12 French Polynesia 15.64 % compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.42 % compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.31 % compare
- 13 Latvia 15.59 % compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.29 % compare
- 14 Slovakia 14.79 % compare
- 15 Australia 14.58 % compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 0.15 % compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 14.23 % compare
- 17 Finland 13.49 % compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Northern America?
- Agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land in Northern America was 0.9 % 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 % in 2004.
- How does Northern America rank for agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land?
- Northern America ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture area under organic agric. — share in agricultural land rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.