{"id":73112,"date":"2023-02-15T09:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/?p=73112"},"modified":"2024-08-12T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T07:30:51","slug":"european-organic-market-reached-54-billion-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/en\/2023\/02\/15\/european-organic-market-reached-54-billion-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"European organic market reached \u20ac54 billion in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Increasing by almost 4 percent, the European organic market reached another high in 2021: 54.5 billion euros<\/strong>. Organic farmland expanded by almost 0.8 million hectares. The latest data on organic agriculture in Europe, which are published in the yearbook “The World of Organic Agriculture”, published by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL and IFOAM \u2013 Organics International <\/strong>and presented at BIOFACH. <\/p>\n

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In 2021, 17.8 million hectares of farmland in Europe were organic (in the European Union: 15.6 million hectares). With almost 2.8 million hectares, France<\/strong> continued to be the number one country in terms of farmland under organic management, followed by Spain<\/strong> (2.6 million hectares), Italy<\/strong> (2.2 million hectares) and Germany<\/strong> (1.8 million hectares).<\/p>\n

17.8 million hectares of farmland in Europe were organic in 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Organic farmland increased by almost 0.8 million hectares<\/h2>\n

Organic farmland increased by almost 0.8 million hectares, which represented an increase of 5.2 percent<\/strong> in the European Union and 4.4 percent in Europe<\/strong>. This increase was slightly lower than in 2020. Compared to 2020, France<\/strong> and Spain<\/strong> reported an increase of 0.23 million hectares and 0.20 million hectares, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Liechtenstein had the highest organic share of the total farmland in the world<\/h3>\n

In 2021, organic farmland in Europe constituted 3.6 percent of the total agricultural land. It was 9.6 percent in the European Union. In Europe (and globally), Liechtenstein<\/strong> had the highest organic area share (40.2 percent), followed by Austria<\/strong>, the country with the highest organic share (26.5 percent) in the European Union. Fifteen European countries reported that at least 10 percent of their farmland was organic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Retail sales in Europe were valued at 54.5 billion euros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Organic producers, processors and importers<\/h4>\n

There were more than 440\u2019000 organic producers in Europe and almost 380\u2019000 in the European Union<\/strong>. Italy had the highest number (75\u2019874). There were 87\u2019676 processors in Europe and 82\u2019500 in the European Union; 7\u2019590 importers were counted in Europe and 6\u2019378 in the European Union. The country with the largest number of processors was Italy<\/strong> (nearly 24\u2018000), while Germany<\/strong> had the most importers (more than 2\u2019000).<\/p>\n

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Source: FiBL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Retail sales reached 54.5 billion euros<\/h4>\n

Retail sales in Europe were valued at 54.5 billion euros<\/strong> (46.7 billion in the European Union). The largest market was Germany<\/strong> (15.9 billion euros). The European Union represented the second-largest single market for organic products globally after the United States<\/strong> (48.6 billion euros).<\/p>\n

European consumers spent more on organic food<\/h4>\n

In 2021, consumers in Europe spent 65.7 euros on organic food per person<\/strong> on average (European Union: 104.3 euros). Consumer spending on organic food per capita doubled in the decade 2012-2021. In 2021, Swiss<\/strong> and Danish<\/strong> consumers spent the most on organic food (425 and 384 euros per capita, respectively).<\/p>\n

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Denmark had the highest organic market share in the world<\/h4>\n

Globally, European countries accounted for the highest share of organic food sales as a percentage of their respective food markets. Denmark<\/strong> had the highest share worldwide, with 13.0 percent in 2021, followed by Austria<\/strong> with a share of 11.6 percent and Luxembourg<\/strong> with 11.0 percent.<\/p>\n

Slower growth of retail sales in 2021<\/h4>\n

In 2021, the European market achieved a growth rate of 3.8 percent (European Union: 3.6 percent). The highest growth was observed in Estonia<\/strong> (+21 percent) and Luxembourg<\/strong> (+15.3 percent), the only countries with double-digit growth in 2021. The pandemic continued to sustain organic markets in many European countries in 2021, but not to the same extent as in 2020, when the market grew by 15 percent.<\/p>\n

In 2022, increasing prices for consumer goods cut food spending among some groups. The 2022 data will show the impact on the organic market.<\/p>\n