Indicator: Area under organic farming
Indicator name

Tag: SDG_02_40
Indicator abbreviated name

Definition: Percentage of total utilised agricultural area, by Member State and at EU level, occupied by organic farming. This indicator includes both existing organically-farmed areas and areas in the process of conversion.
Definition describing what the indicator measures

Unit: % of total utilised agricultural area (UAA)
Measurement unit of the indicator values

Spatial coverage: EU (current composition, including overseas territories)
Geographic area covered by the indicator

Temporal coverage: 2012-2020
Time coverage of the indicator from first to most recent available year

Update frequency: Every year
Frequency at which indicator is updated

DPSIR: Response
DPSIR classification framework: Driver, Pressure, State, Impact, or Response

Method: Calculation of the share of the organic farming statistics based on data reported by every Member State following an harmonised questionnaire.
Description of the main methodological steps used to calculate the indicator

Reference: Sustainable development in the European Union – Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context – 2025 edition (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-flagship-publications/w/KS-01-24-018), accessed 5 June 2025.
Reference sources describing the indicator and method to calculate it (e.g. peer-reviewed articles, scientific/technical reports, webpages, other)

Producer: Eurostat
Institution which produces the calculation of the indicator values

Provider: Eurostat
Institution supplying the indicator values, even if not the original producer of indicator values

Open source: False
Indicates whether calculation code is openly available

Spatial scope (Member States): True
Whether the indicator is available at Member States level

Spatial scope (EU27): True
Whether the indicator is available at EU27 aggregated level

Spatial scope (global): False
Whether the indicator is available at global level

Accuracy uncertainties: Not assessed
Comment on data accuracy, limitations, and uncertainty

Comments: Farming is recognised to be organic if it complies with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, which has set up a comprehensive framework for the organic production of crops and livestock and for the labelling, processing and marketing of organic products, as well as for governing imports of organic products into the EU. The detailed rules for the implementation of this Regulation are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008.
Additional remarks

Storage: None
Webpage link containing the code and/or detailed description of the workflow to calculate the indicator

Copyright/Licence of use: See Eurostat Copyright/Licence Policy: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Copyright/licence_policy.
Copyright or licensing information related to the indicator