Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland
Iceland: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 26.7 Square kilometres in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
In 2024, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland stood at 26.7 Square kilometres. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.0% on the previous year and down 67.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland peaked at 102 Square kilometres in 2016 and was at its lowest, 26.7 Square kilometres, in 2024.
Iceland ranks 106th of 152 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.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50 Square kilometres | — |
| 2006 | 50 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 62 Square kilometres | +24.0% |
| 2008 | 70 Square kilometres | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 67 Square kilometres | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 59 Square kilometres | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 82 Square kilometres | +39.0% |
| 2012 | 82 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 82 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98 Square kilometres | +19.5% |
| 2016 | 102 Square kilometres | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 102 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92 Square kilometres | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 92 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 60 Square kilometres | -34.8% |
| 2021 | 60 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 40 Square kilometres | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 30 Square kilometres | -25.0% |
| 2024 | 26.7 Square kilometres | -11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.8 Square kilometres | 50 Square kilometres | 70 Square kilometres | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.3 Square kilometres | 59 Square kilometres | 102 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.34 Square kilometres | 26.7 Square kilometres | 60 Square kilometres | 5 |
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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)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 1,724 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -12.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 1,305 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0049 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Iceland was 26.7 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 102 Square kilometres in 2016.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.7 Square kilometres in 2024.
- How does Iceland rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Iceland ranks 106th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata