The European Union’s organic agricultural acreage continues to grow, in almost all EU countries. From 2020 to 2021, it rose from 36.3 million to 39.3 million acres, equivalent to 9.9% of total utilized agricultural area.
Between 2012 and 2021, Portugal and Croatia saw the highest growth in organic acres—an increase of 283% and 282%, respectively. France, Hungary, and Romania more than doubled acreage. In 2020, Austria reported the largest number of organic farming acres in the EU, coming in at 26%. Estonia (23%) and Sweden (20%) followed in 2021.
Six EU countries had below 5% organic farms, the lowest shares being in Bulgaria (1.7%) and Malta (0.6%).
Data from Eurostat are available at Statistics Explained article.
Source: European Commission
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230622-1
Organic & Non-GMO Insights October 2023
