[ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM] Data on organic agriculture in Mediterranean countries
ORGANIC ECOSYSTEM is pleased to share with you an interesting table with data from 2019 on organic agricultural areas (in hectares) and the number of organic operators in 26 countries of the Mediterranean region.
Source: Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network (MOAN).
| Country | Total organic area(a) (ha) | Organic agricultural area (ha) | Total number of organic operators | |
| EU Med Countries | Croatia | 50,281 | 50,281 | 4,547 |
| Cyprus | 6,022 | 6,022 | 1,444 | |
| France | 2,035,024 | 2,035,024 | 61,768 | |
| Greece | 492,627 | 492,627 | 31,397 | |
| Italy | 1,957,937 | 1,957,937 | 75,873 | |
| Malta | 47 | 47 | 10 | |
| Portugal | 209,177 | 209,177 | 5,654 | |
| Slovenia | 47,848 | 47,848 | 4,028 | |
| Spain | 2,246,475 | 2,246,475 | 41,871 | |
| EU Med total | 7,045,439 | 7,045,439 | 226,592 | |
| Candidate and Potential Candidate countries | Albania | 611,870 | 747 | 82 |
| BiH | 166,430 | 896 | 251 | |
| Kosovo | 180,004 | 424 | 158 | |
| Montenegro | 147,864 | 4,455 | 308 | |
| North Macedonia | 4,409 | 4,409 | 798 | |
| Serbia | 19,255 | 19,255 | n.a. | |
| Turkey | 809,471 | 646,247 | 79,563 | |
| CPC total | 1,939,303 | 676,433 | 81,160 | |
| Southern and Eastern Med Countries | Algeria | 1,400 | 1,400 | 78 |
| Egypt | 176,000 | 116,000 | 1,212 | |
| Jordan | 6,214 | 6,214 | 28 | |
| Lebanon | 1,550 | 1,241 | 141 | |
| Libya | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Morocco | 280,163 | 9,917 | 492 | |
| PNA | 4,870 | 4,870 | 1,488 | |
| Syria | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Tunisia | 431,091 | 306,467 | 7,636 | |
| SEM total | 901,288 | 446,109 | 11,075 | |
| Total | 9,886,030 | 8,167,981 | 318,827 |
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