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The Organic Market in Europe 2017:
Current Statistics
February 14, 2019 Nuremberg, Germany
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Milestones 2018
• New EU organic regulation published; work on the
implementation regulation in progress. New regulation will come into force in 2021
• Organic regulations passed in the Russian Federation, Ukraine and
Belarus
• Proposal on the new Common Agricultural Policy (2021 to 2027)
was launched.
IFOAM EU “the next CAP should reinforce this by better rewarding farmers for the public goods that they provide”
• According to first available data for 2018, the organic area and
market continued to grow.
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The World of Organic Agriculture 2019
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• The 20th edition of ‚The World of
Organic Agriculture‘, was published by FiBL and IFOAM – Organics International in February 2019.
• Data tables
• Country and continent reports
• Markets, standards, policy support
Get your copy at the FiBL Stand in Hall 1/553 or the stand of
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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
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EUROPE: ORGANIC FARMLAND 2017
Spain
Italy
France Germany Others
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
1 2 3 4 5 Million hectares
0% 20% 40% 0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
1985 1993 2001 2009 2017
Million hectares
2.9% of Europe s
farmland is organic (EU 7.2%) Europe 14.6 Million ha Spain 2.1 Million ha
Over half of Europe´s organic farmland is in 4 countries.
The country with the largest area of organic farmland is in Spain, followed by Italy and France.
Ten countries have 10% or more of their
agricultural land under organic management.
In 2017 over one million hectares more
were reported compared with 2016.
Source: FiBL survey 2019 www.organic-world.net
Distribution of organic
agricultural land by country 2017
Top 5 countries with the largest areas of organic agricultural land 2017
Top 5 countries, where more than 10 percent of the farmland is organic 2017
Growth of the organic agricultural land 1985–2017
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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Gr
ow
th in %
Europe: Market growth and area growth compared 2000-2017
Source: FiBL/AMI
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7.0 8.2 9.3 10.1
11.0 11.813.9
16.1 17.418.1 19.5
21.3 22.724.2 26.3
30.1 33.8
37.3
6.5 7.6 8.6 9.4
10.2 11.013.1
15.2 16.316.9 18.0
19.6 20.922.1 24.0 27.4 30.9 34.3 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Billion eur
os
Europe and European Union: Development of retail sales 2000-2017
Source: FiBL-AMI Surveys 2006-2019, OrganicDataNetwork Surveys 2013-2015
Europe European Union
2008-2017: Plus 114% 2016-2017: Plus10.5%
Europe and European Union: Development of retail
sales 2000-2017
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EUROPE: ORGANIC RETAIL SALES 2017
USA Germany France China Italy Canada Switzer-land Sweden Other Europe 37.3 billion €
Germany 10 billion €
288 € are spent per
person in Switzerland
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 1
2 3 4 5
Retail sales in million Euros
0 200 400
1 2 3 4 5
Per capita consumption in euros
0% 10% 20% 1
2 3 4 5
Market share in %
The European Union (34.3 billion €) is the second largest single market after the US (40 billion) and China.
By region, North America has the lead (43 billion €), followed by Europe and Asia.
The European countries with the largest markets for organic food are Germany, France (7.9 billion €), Italy (3.1 billion €), and Switzerland (2.4 billion €).
Switzerland has the highest per capita consumption of organic food worldwide, followed by Denmark and Sweden.
The highest organic share of the total market is in Denmark, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, and Luxembourg.
Distribution of retail sales value worldwide by country 2017
The countries with the largest markets for organic food 2017
The countries with the highest per capita consumption of organic food 2017
The countries with the highest organic shares of the total market 2017
Source: FiBL survey 2019 www.organic-world.net Sweden Switzerland Italy France Germany Austria Luxembourg Sweden Denmark Switzerland Denmark Sweden Switzerland Austria Luxembourg 13.3 % of the food market in Denmark is
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Europe: Organic market shares
10 1.7 3.0 3.5 4.4 5.1 5.3 6.2 7.9 8.4 7.9 10.5 2.8 3.2 4.4 4.5 5.1 5.5 7.3 8.6 9.0 9.1 13.3
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Spain Italy France Netherlands Germany USA Luxembourg Austria Switzerland Sweden Denmark
Market share in %
Europe: The countries with the highest organic shares of the total market 2016 and 2017
Source: FiBL-AMI survey 2019
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2.9%
6.9% 8.7%
14.5% 15.3%
17.0%
21.0% 21.6%
26.2%
29.6%
32.6%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Spain
UK Norway Belgium Netherlands Finland Germany Austria Switzerland France Denmark
Organic share of the value of eggs sold
Organic market shares of eggs
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Organic retail sales by channel
1,859 1,119 5,455 3,024 1,070 1,230 249 892 2,848 2,497 80 312 121 889 68 633 1,175 326 148
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Switzerland Italy Germany France Denmark Austria
Share of market channels based on retail sales in million Euros
Organic retail sales by channel
Compiled by FiBL und AMI based on national data sources
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Organic marketing channels 2015-2017 (AT, CH, DE,
DK, FR, IT)
1,080 280 1,230.0 311.6 1,398 325 0 500 1,000 1,500
General retailers Specialized retailers
Million euros
Austria
2015 2016 2017
940 135 1,165 81 148 1,521 81 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000
General retailers Specialized retailers other
Million euros
Denmark
2015 2016 2017
2,469 2,019 1,046 3,024 2,497 1,215 3,652 2,874 1,396 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000
General retailers Specialized retailers other
Million euros
France
2015 2016 2017
4,760 2,710 1,150 5,455 2,848 1,175 5,930 2,910 1,200 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000
General retailers Specialized retailers other
Million euros
Germany
2015 2016 2017
873 862 582 1,119 892 633 1,595 865 677 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000
General retailers Specialized retailers other
Million euros
Italy
2015 2016 2017
1,728 261 261 1,859 249 249 1,979 247 247 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500
General retailers Specialized retailers other
Million euros
Switzerland
2015 2016 2017
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Future Policy Award 2018 (FPA) in silver for Denmark s
organic action plan
Denmark’s Organic Action Plan, which has become a popular policy
planning tool in European countries over the last decade, received the Future Policy Award 2018 in Silver.
Almost 80 percent of Danes purchase organic food and today the country has the highest organic market share in the world (13 percent).
“What has made Danish consumers among the most enthusiastic organic consumers [in the world], is that we have done a lot of
consumer information and we have worked strategically with the supermarkets to place organics as part of their strategy putting more value into food through organics,” Paul Holmbeck,
Political Director of ‘Organic Denmark’, said.
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Switzerland: Development of marketing channels for
organic products 1996-2017
116 168 222 292 360 453 526 579 603 591 604 664 722 764 800 830 870 1001 1026 1044 1118 1199
35 84 125 132
190 226
264 286 293 300 295 306
345 365 416 446
484 528 606 681 808 889 215 245 233 242 230 253
266 287 292 292 300
325 369 416 423 463 478 524 575 598 579 619 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 Millionen Schw eizer Frank en
Source: Bio Suisse, www.biosuisse.ch
Coop Migros Others
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Organic catering sales: Growth
0.0 500.0 1,000.0 1,500.0 2,000.0 2,500.0 3,000.0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Tu
rno
ver
in million
eur
os
European Union: Development of organic catering 2010-2017 (prov) (12 countries)
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Catering/foodservice sales and their importance for the
domestic market
1,723.2 109.2
Austria: Retail and catering sales 2017 (Mio. Euros) Source: AMA Retail sales Catering 1'723.2 7,921.0 452.0
France: Retail and catering sales 2017 (Mio. Euros) Source: AgenceBio Retail sales Catering 3,137.0 415.0
Italy: Retail and catering sales 2017 (Mio. Euros) Source: Nomisma Retail sales Catering 1,600.7 274.0
Denmark: Retail and catering sales 2017 (Mio. Euros)
Source: Statistics Denmark
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Conclusions
• The organic area and market continues to grow at a fast pace in Europe
and worldwide.
• Currently the area is growing faster than in the past, thus the potential is
there to meet the demand of the market better. Imports play an important role in many countries.
• In some countries, the organic market shares have reached around 10
percent; for individual products they can be even higher.
• In most countries, general retailers are the most important and fastest
growing marketing channel.
• Partnerships between producer/sector organisations and supermarkets
are essential in order to develop the sector as a whole.
• Out of home consumption marketing channels need to be developed –
Denmark is a good example.
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Resources
• «The World of Organic Agriculture» at
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• Slides and infographics at www.organic-world.net
• Twitter.com/fiblstatistics
• Interactive maps at www.organic-world.net
• Interactive data tables at statistics.fibl.org
• Interactive map at www.ifoam-eu.org
• Presentation online
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