Table 1. Organic certified and in-conversion land in Europe (ha)

 

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Italy

1,237,640

1,168,212

1,052,002

954,361

1,067,102

1,148,162

Spain

485,079

665,055

725,254

733,182

807,569

926,390

Germany-cert

632,165

696,978

734,027

767,891

807,406

825,539

U. Kingdom

679,631

741,174

695,619

690,269

619,852

619,783

France

419,750

517,965

550,990

534,037

560,838

548,308

Austria

276,410

296,154

328,803

344,916

360,969

361,817

Greece

31,118

77,120

244,457

267,159

288,255

302,256

Sweden-other

350,882

200,000

220,000

195,279

297,426

298,000

Czech Rep

218,114

235,136

254,995

263,799

254,982

281,535

Portugal

70,857

91,006

120,729

169,892

233,458

250,000

Sweden-cert

202,827

214,120

225,776

222,996

222,268

225,043

Poland

38,732

43,828

49,928

82,730

167,740

220,000

Latvia

10,549

16,935

24,480

43,902

118,612

150,000

Denmark

168,377

174,350

165,146

156,802

145,636

141,019

Finland

147,943

156,692

159,987

162,024

147,587

141,000

Hungary

79,177

103,671

113,816

128,690

128,567

122,765

Slovak Rep

58,706

49,999

54,479

53,801

90,206

121,956

Lithuania

6,469

8,780

23,289

36,864

64,545

110,000

Romania

28,800

43,850

57,205

75,000

87,916

   105,000

Estonia

20,555

30,623

42,573

46,016

59,862

73,700

Netherlands

35,876

42,610

41,865

48,152

48,765

48,424

Ireland

30,017

29,754

28,514

30,670

35,266

39,665

Slovenia

10,828

13,828

20,081

23,032

23,499

26,831

Belgium

22,410

24,874

24,163

23,563

22,996

23,000

Luxembourg

2,006

3,121

3,004

3,158

3,243

3,500

Cyprus

100

166

500

1,018

1,698

1,700

Malta

 

 

3

13

14

14

Bulgaria

539

566

2,038

12,284

14,320

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EU27

5,236,218

5,602,151

5,904,481

5,984,216

6,578,361

7,010,407