On February 13, Berlin time, Germany, the "World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends 2024" published by Fibl Switzerland and Ifoam-Organics International was released at Biofach, Germany, the world's leading organic food exhibition. A comprehensive review of the latest developments in organic agriculture around the world.
Overview
According to the latest survey data of 188 countries and regions around the world, organic farmland is expanding at an unprecedented rateMore than 96 million hectares(mainly due to the growth of organic farmland in regional Australia); At the same time, there is a strong increase in the number of organic producers, which is already thereMore than 4.5 million producersOrganic activities with an increase of more than 20%; Despite the slowdown in some European countries, retail sales of organic products still reached134.8 billion eurosThe United States, Germany and China led the global organic consumer market with 58.6 billion euros, 15.3 billion euros and 12.4 billion euros respectivelyThis is also the first time that China has entered the top three of the global organic market
Organic agricultural land
The area of land used for organic agriculture has continued to grow for 20 consecutive years. In 2022, 96.4 million hectares of land worldwide were managed by organic agriculture. 20%。In 2022, organic farmland increased by 266%, or 20.3 million hectares.
Oceania continues to have the largest amount of organic farmland, with 53.2 million hectares, followed by Europe with 18.5 million hectares, Latin America (9.5 million hectares), Asia (8.8 million hectares), North America (3.6 million hectares) and Africa (2.7 million hectares).
Oceania is home to more than half (55%) of the world's land for organic farming. Europe, a region where organic land has been growing continuously for many years, has 19% of the world's organic farming land, followed by Latin America with nearly 10%.
Australia is the country with the most land for organic farming, with an estimated 97% of farmland being grazing on a large scale. India is in second place and Argentina is in third place. China ranks fourth, with 2.9 million hectares of land for organic farming.
The 10 countries with the largest area of organic agriculture have a total of 79.3 million hectares (82% of the world's organic agricultural land).
In addition to organic farming land, there are more organic areas, such as wild collection areas. These areas are about 35 million hectares.
Organically produced
In 2022, there were nearly 4.5 million organic producers worldwide, with almost more than 93% in Asia, Africa and Europe. The country with the largest number of organic producers is India, followed by Uganda and Thailand.
Compared to 2021, the number of producers increased by almost 9190,000, with a growth rate of 256%。Looking at the data by continent, the number of producers has increased in Asia, Europe and Oceania. Africa, North America, and Latin America saw declines in 2022.
Organic Market & Consumption
Despite the adverse impact of global geopolitical conflicts and uncertain economic conditions, the organic products market revenue continued to grow in 2022, with global organic product sales reaching134.8 billion euros。According to statistical analysis, part of this is due to the persistence of organic food.
The largest organic food market is the United States (€58.6 billion), followed by Germany (€15.3 billion), China (€12.4 billion) and France (€12.1 billion). By region, North America leads the way (€64.4 billion), followed by Europe (€53.1 billion) and Asia (€15.0 billion). Germany and France, the two largest countries in Europe in terms of organic product sales and volumes, both experienced declines in organic sales. In the U.S. and other countries, sales growth is relatively low.
Hint: Forty-five countries (about a quarter of the total number of countries with organic data) provide data on gross retail sales, which means that many countries with organic farming activities lack such data.
The largest single consumer market is the United States, followed by the European Union (€45.1 billion) and China (€12.4 billion).
By region, the highest per capita consumption is recorded in North America (1715 euros); By country, the highest is in Europe. In 2022, Switzerland was the country with the highest per capita consumption in the world (437 euros), followed by Denmark (365 euros), Austria (274 euros) and Luxembourg (259 euros). China as of 2022Consumption per capita is 9 euros, the development space is huge.
Denmark continues to have the highest market share of organic products in the world at 120% of the share leads the way, followed by Austria (11.).5%) and Switzerland (112%)。