Perm. meadows & pastures area certified organic — Area by country
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What the numbers show
Perm. meadows & pastures area certified organic — Area is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 3,248 1000 ha in Uruguay; the lowest is 0 1000 ha in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.78 1000 ha, and the mean is 195.22 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 11,061.5%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 92.2%).
Perm. meadows & pastures area certified organic — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 3,248 1000 ha | 2024 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 2 | Spain | 1,304 1000 ha | 2024 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 3 | France | 970.62 1000 ha | 2024 | up 163.8% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 573.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 434.57 1000 ha | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 6 | Portugal | 311.69 1000 ha | 2024 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 301.36 1000 ha | 2024 | up 11,061.5% | volatile |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 275 1000 ha | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 9 | Romania | 242.55 1000 ha | 2024 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Greece | 221.41 1000 ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 11 | Hungary | 159.14 1000 ha | 2024 | up 182.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Slovakia | 155.98 1000 ha | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 13 | Latvia | 136.6 1000 ha | 2024 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 14 | Sweden | 127 1000 ha | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 87.8 1000 ha | 2024 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Estonia | 86 1000 ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 77.09 1000 ha | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 18 | Ireland | 75.43 1000 ha | 2024 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 57.29 1000 ha | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 20 | Croatia | 54.4 1000 ha | 2024 | up 889.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 51.18 1000 ha | 2024 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 43 1000 ha | 2024 | up 97.0% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 38.55 1000 ha | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 34.78 1000 ha | 2024 | up 479.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 31.94 1000 ha | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 23.05 1000 ha | 2024 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 27 | Tunisia | 11.8 1000 ha | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 28 | Japan | 8.85 1000 ha | 2024 | up 2,112.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Norway | 6.5 1000 ha | 2024 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 30 | Serbia | 6.12 1000 ha | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Paraguay | 5.04 1000 ha | 2024 | — | rising |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 4.55 1000 ha | 2024 | up 125.3% | rising |
| 33 | Montenegro | 3.56 1000 ha | 2024 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 34 | French Guiana | 2.33 1000 ha | 2024 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 35 | Liechtenstein | 1.24 1000 ha | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 1.2 1000 ha | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.59 1000 ha | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Viet Nam | 0.47 1000 ha | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 0.35 1000 ha | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 40 | Lebanon | 0.31 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 41 | Cyprus | 0.1824 1000 ha | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 42 | Martinique | 0.1001 1000 ha | 2024 | up 1,077.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 0.0872 1000 ha | 2024 | up 707.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Malta | 0 1000 ha | 2022 | — | flat |
| 44 | Mayotte | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 44 | Republic of Moldova | 0 1000 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 0 1000 ha | 2014 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 1,153 1000 ha
- Réunion 0.2802 1000 ha
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.