Overview of Organic Agriculture in Europe 2017
Europe has seen a significant increase in organic farmland and retail sales in 2017. With 2.9% of Europe's farmland being organic, totaling 14.6 million hectares, countries like Spain, Italy, and France lead in organic farming. In terms of retail sales, Denmark and Switzerland stand out with high per capita spending on organic food. Germany, France, and Italy are the top European markets for organic food, contributing to the continent's 37.3 billion Euro organic food market.
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Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL info.suisse@fibl.org, www.fibl.org Organic agriculture in Europe 2017 - Graphs Helga Willer and Julia Lernoud Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland Branchenpressekonferenz zur BIOFACH Messezentrum N rnberg, February 13, 2019
EUROPE: ORGANIC FARMLAND 2017 2.9% of Europe s farmland is organic (EU 7.2%) +75% in the decade 2008-2017 Europe 14.6 Million ha Spain 2.1 Million ha Over half of Europe s organic farmland is in 4 countries. The country with the largest area of organic farmland is in Spain, followed by Italy and France. Ten countries have 10% or more of their agricultural land under organic management. In 2017 over one million hectares more were reported compared with 2016. 16 Spain Liechtenstein 5 14 Spain Liechtenstein Others 12 Million hectares Austria Italy 4 Austria 10 Italy Estonia France 8 3 Estonia 6 Sweden Germany 2 France 4 Sweden Russian Federation 2 Germany Italy 1 Italy 0 1985 1993 2001 2009 2017 0% Percentage 20% 40% 0.0 Million hectares 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Distribution of organic agricultural land by country 2017 Top 5 countries with the largest areas of organic agricultural land 2017 Top 5 countries, where more than 10 percent of the farmland is organic 2017 Growth of the organic agricultural land 1985 2017 www.fibl.org Source: FiBL survey 2019 www.organic-world.net
EUROPE: ORGANIC RETAIL SALES 2017 13.3 % of the food market in Denmark is organic 288 are spent per person in Switzerland Europe 37.3 billion Germany 10 billion The European Union (34.3 billion ) is the second largest single market after the US (40 billion) and China. By region, North America has the lead (43 billion ), followed by Europe and Asia. The European countries with the largest markets for organic food are Germany, France (7.9 billion ), Italy (3.1 billion ), and Switzerland (2.4 billion ). Switzerland has the highest per capita consumption of organic food worldwide, followed by Denmark and Sweden. The highest organic share of the total market is in Denmark, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and Luxembourg. 5 Denmark Switzerland 5 5 Germany Other USA Sweden Sweden 4 Denmark 4 4 France Switzer- land Switzerland 3 Sweden 3 3 Italy Canada Italy 2 Austria Switzerland 2 2 Luxembourg China 1 Sweden Luxembourg Austria 1 1 France Germany 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 Retail sales in million Euros 0% 10% 20% 0 200 400 Per capita consumption in euros Market share in % The countries with the highest organic shares of the total market 2017 Distribution of retail sales value worldwide by country 2017 The countries with the largest markets for organic food 2017 The countries with the highest per capita consumption of organic food 2017 www.fibl.org Source: FiBL survey 2019 www.organic-world.net
Acknowledgements Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO International Trade Centre ITC Coop Sustainability Fund N rnbergMesse, the organizers of BIOFACH IFOAM Organics International More than 200 experts from all parts of the world contributed to the FiBL survey 2019. www.fibl.org
The World of Organic Agriculture 2019 www.organic-world.net The 20th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture , was published by FiBL and IFOAM Organics International in February 2019. Data tables Country and continent reports Markets, standards, policy support Get your copy at the FiBL Stand in Hall 1/553 or the stand of IFOAM - Organics International (1/451) www.organic-world.net www.fibl.org
Contact Helga Willer and Julia Lernoud Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Ackerstrasse 113, 5070 Frick, Switzerland Tel. +41 79 218 0626, Fax +41 62 865 7273 helga.willer@fibl.org und julia.lernoud@fibl.org www.fibl.org, www.organic-world.net; www.fibl.stats.fibl.org Willer, Helga and Julia Lernoud (Eds.) (2019): The World The World of Organic Agriculture. Statistics and Emerging Trends 2019. FiBL, Frick and IFOAM Organics International, Bonn http://www.organic-world.net/yearbook/yearbook-2019.html www.fibl.org
