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Organic Agriculture in Europe 2017: Current Statistics

February 13, 2019Nuremberg, GermanyThe Europeam Market for Organic Food, BIOFACH Congress 2019Helga Willer

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• The 20th edition of ‚The World of Organic Agriculture‘, was published by FiBL and IFOAM – Organics International in February 2019.

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Acknowledgements

• Swiss State Secretariat of Economic Affairs SECO

• International Trade Centre ITC

• Coop Sustainability Fund

• NürnbergMesse, the organizers of BIOFACH

• IFOAM – Organics International

• More than 200 experts from all parts of the world contributed to the FiBL survey 2019.

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Another record year for organic in Europe and worldide -highlights 2017

› Organic agricultural land reached an all time high with 14.6 million hectares

› 2.9 percent of the agricultural land is organic› In 10 countries 10 percent or more of the farmland is organic › 0.4 million producers were reported – another all time high› The market exceeded 37.3 billion Euros› The following slides show, where Europe stands in a global context

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Distribution of organic farmland 2017

Oceania51%

Europe21%

Latin America11%

Asia9%

North America5%

Africa3%

Distribution of organic agricultural land by region 2017Source: FiBL survey 2019

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The ten countries with the most organic agricultural land 2017

1.37

1.74

1.78

1.88

1.91

2.03

2.08

3.02

3.39

35.65

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Germany

France

India

Uruguay

Italy

United States of America

Spain

China

Argentina

Australia

Million hectares

The ten countries with the largest areas of organic agricultural land 2017Source: FiBL survey 2019

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The countries with the highest shares of organic agricultural land 2017

10.0%10.0%

11.4%12.2%13.0%

14.4%14.8%15.4%

18.0%18.8%

20.5%24.0%

37.6%37.9%

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SlovakiaFrench Guiana (France)

FinlandCzech Republic

UruguaySwitzerland

LatviaItaly

Sao Tome and PrincipeSwedenEstoniaAustriaSamoa

Liechtenstein

Share of total agricultural land

Countries with an organic share of at least 10 percent of the agricultural land 2017Source: FiBL survey 2019

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World: Growth of organic farmland by continent 2017

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Growth of the organic agricultural land by continent 2009-2017Source: FiBL-IFOAM survey 2008-2019

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European Union: Growth of the organic farmland

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Growth of the organic agricultural land and organic share of total farmland 1999-2016 (2017)Source: FiBL-IFOAM-SOEL-Surveys 1999-2018 based on national data sources and Eurostat

Plus 7 % 2017

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Figure: Distribution of retail sales in Europe and worldwide

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USA44%

EU-2837%

China8%

Canada3%

Switzer-land3%

Others5%

World: distribution of retail sales by single market 2017Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019

USA43%

Germany11%

France9%

China8%

Italy3%

Canada3%

Switzer-land3%

Sweden3%

Other17%

Global market: Distribution of retail sales value by country 2017Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019, based on retail sales with organic food

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Europe and European Union: Development of retail sales 2000-2017Source: FiBL-AMI Surveys 2006-2019, OrganicDataNetwork Surveys 2013-2015

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Europe and European Union: Development of retail sales 207-2017

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The ten countries with the largest markets for organic food 2017Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019

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Per capita consumption in euros

The ten countries with the highest per capita consumption 2017Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019

The ten countries with the largest per capita consumption for 2013

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Europe: Organic market shares

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Europe: The countries with the highest organic shares of the total market 2016 and 2017Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019

2017

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2.9%

6.9%

8.7%

14.5%

15.3%

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21.0%

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26.2%

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Finland

Germany

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Switzerland

France

Denmark

Organic share of the value of eggs sold

Organic market shares of eggsSource: FiBL-Erhebung 2019

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Organic marketing channels (AT, CH, DE, DK, FR, IT)

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Organic catering sales: Growth

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European Union: Development of organic catering 2010-2017 (12 countries)Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2018, based on national data sources and Eurostat

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