Share of total utilised agricultural area used for organic farming by country and in the EU-27, in 2012 and 2021

Units

Percentage of total utilised agricultural area (UAA)

Additional information

• UAA: utilised agricultural area.
• EU-27 aggregate value in 2021 is an estimate; Data (in hectare) for France and Portugal, Slovakia are estimated. 2020 data are used for Greece and Austria as gap filling. Data (in %) is provisional for Cyprus and Montenegro, are estimated for Portugal and Slovakia.
• Non-EU EEA member countries with available data for 2021: Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye, and for 2012: Norway, Switzerland.
• Non-EU EEA cooperating countries with available data for 2021: Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania. No data for 2012.

Data source: ‘Organic crop area by agricultural production methods and crops’, data from 2012 onwards (Geopolitical entity: EU27_2020,Unit of measure: percentage of total utilised agricultural area) (Eurostat, 2023).