Certified and policy-supported organic and in-conversion land area in Europe (ha)																		Utilised agric area
Year end	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01 est	'000 ha	% organic
European Union									1993-1998 data from Foster and Lampkin, 2000									1999	2001
Austria	5880	7000	8400	12320	16674	21546	27580	84000	135982	192337	335865	309089	345375	287900	290000	271950	285500	3390	8.42%
Belgium	500	700	972	1000	1200	1300	1400	1700	2179	2683	3385	4261	6654	11744	18572	20265	22410	1394	1.61%
Denmark	4500	4800	5035	5881	9553	11581	17963	18653	20090	21145	40884	46171	64329	99163	146685	165258	173497	2684	6.46%
Finland	1000	1200	1400	1500	2300	6726	13281	15859	20340	25822	44695	84556	102342	126176	136665	147423	147943	2201	6.72%
France	45000	50000	55000	60000	65000	72000	81225	85000	87829	94806	118393	137084	165405	218790	316000	370000	420000	29937	1.40%
Germany-cert	24940	27160	33047	42393	54295	90021	158477	202379	246458	272139	309487	354171	389693	416518	452279	546023	632165	17152	3.69%
Germany-other	0	0	0	0	0	15000	30000	96742	126385	173128	152062	121575	60307	0	0	0	0	17152	0.00%
Greece	0	0	0	50	100	150	200	250	591	1188	2401	5269	10000	15402	17500	24800	25000	5150	0.49%
Ireland	1000	1100	1300	1500	3700	3800	3823	5101	5460	5390	12634	20496	23591	28704	32478	32355	32000	4418	0.72%
Italy	5000	5500	6000	9000	11000	13218	16850	30000	88437	154120	204494	334175	641149	785738	958687	1040377	1230000	15500	7.94%
Luxembourg	350	400	412	450	550	600	634	500	497	538	571	594	618	777	1002	1030	1000	127	0.79%
Netherlands	2450	2724	3384	5000	6544	7469	9227	10053	11150	11340	12909	14456	16960	19323	21511	27820	32000	1962	1.63%
Portugal	50	200	320	420	550	1000	2000	2000	3060	7267	10719	9191	12193	24902	47974	50000	70000	3939	1.78%
Spain	2140	2500	2714	3000	3300	3650	4235	7859	11674	17208	24079	103735	152105	269465	352164	380920	485079	29175	1.66%
Sweden-cert	1500	2500	4870	8598	23600	28500	31968	33267	36674	48039	83490	113995	118175	127330	155674	171682	193611	3071	6.30%
Sweden-other	0	0	0	0	5092	4890	5775	7161	7869	6812	3334	48317	87010	116327	151069	150000	150000	3071	4.88%
U. Kingdom	6000	7000	8500	11000	18500	31000	34000	35000	30992	32476	48448	49535	106000	274519	390868	527323	679631	17150	3.96%
EU 15	100310	112784	131354	162112	221958	312451	438638	635524	835667	1066438	1407850	1756670	2301906	2822778	3489128	3927226	4579836	137250	3.34%
EU 15 % change		12%	16%	23%	37%	41%	40%	45%	31%	28%	32%	25%	31%	23%	24%	13%	17%	27.4%
EU accession countries
Bulgaria																500	500	6154	0.01%
Cyprus															30	52	100
Czech Rep					260	3480	17507	15371	15667	15818	14127	17022	16932	71620	110756	165699	170000	4166	4.08%
Estonia							500	2350	1600	1600	3000	3500	4000	4000	4000	9872	10000	1380	0.72%
Hungary							2500	5400	6400	8630	12325	9300	16687	21565	34500	47221	50000	6136	0.81%
Latvia								1240	1250	1250	1147	1200	10000	19000	20000	20000	20000	2530	0.79%
Lithuania									148	267	582	1118	1568	4006	3995	4709	5000	3371	0.15%
Malta																		13	0.00%
Poland					300	550	1240	2170	3540	5000	6855	8000	9000	10000	11000	22000	22000	18743	0.12%
Romania											980	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	14790	0.01%
Slovakia						15140	14773	14700	14724	14762	18813	27661	27800	50695	60000	80000	80000	2446	3.27%
Slovenia								70	100	150	200	500	1000	2000	3000	5200	5200	864	0.60%
Turkey						1037	3000	6077	5216	5196	10000	15250	18000	20000	21000	21000	21000	40159	0.05%
Accession	0	0	0	0	560	20207	39520	47378	48645	52673	68029	84551	105987	203886	269281	377253	384800	100752	0.38%
European Free Trade Association
Iceland										146	717	1082	1288	1500	2500	3400	3400	2280	0.15%
Liechtenstein							30	30	240	290	410	520	610	630	660	690	690	3.84	17.97%
Norway	90	114	246	312	534	1578	2444	3225	3778	4520	5768	7897	11706	15581	18773	20523	26673	1005	2.65%
Switzerland	4830	5520	6630	7275	10080	12045	14100	17300	20784	25230	31815	58741	67189	77842	82811	86189	93853	1083	8.67%
EFTA	4920	5634	6876	7587	10614	13623	16574	20555	24802	30186	38710	68240	80793	95553	104744	110802	124616	4371.84	2.85%
EU 28/EFTA	105230	118418	138230	169699	233132	346281	494732	703457	909114	1149297	1514589	1909461	2488686	3122217	3863153	4415281	5089252	242374	2.10%
% change		13%	17%	23%	37%	49%	43%	42%	29%	26%	32%	26%	30%	25%	24%	14%	15%	27.8%
Other Europe
Albania																		1100	0.00%
Andorra																		26	0.00%
Belarus																		9391	0.00%
Bosnia-H																		1940	0.00%
Croatia								100	50	50	120	120	120					2233	0.01%
Georgia								100	100	100	100	100	100
Macedonia																		1306	0.00%
Moldova								600	600	600	600	600	600					2560	0.02%
Monaco
Russia									3610	11941	20000	20000	20000					210303	0.01%
San Marino
Ukraine																		41929	0.00%
Yugoslavia									360	350	350	350	350					5850	0.01%
Other Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	800	4720	13041	21170	21170	21170	0	0
Europe	105230	118418	138230	169699	232572	326074	455212	656879	865189	1109665	1467730	1846080	2403869	2918331	3593872
Based on data supplied direct or published up to 10/08/02 (bold) and provisional estimates subject to confirmation.
Publication in graphical format preferred because accuracy of data varies between countries.
Data are frequently updated - please request current version before publication.
Copyright: Nicolas Lampkin, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, GB-SY23 3AL
2001 data are provisional, figures in italics are estimates based on previous growth rates
Foster and Lampkin (2000): see www.organic.aber.ac.uk/library/European_organic_farming.shtml