Worldwide sales of organic foods 1999-2021

The global sales of organic food have increased between 2000 and 2021. In 2021, sales of organic food amounted to about 132.74 billion U.S. dollars, up from nearly 18 billion dollars in 2000.

Organic agriculture

What constitutes organic food can vary significantly depending on the country and certifier, but it often refers to crops grown without artificial pesticides, genetic modifications, or petroleum-based fertilizers. For meat, dairy, and eggs to be labelled as organic, the animals must be raised on organic feed, given adequate time outdoors, and not fed growth hormones. In 2021, there were over 76 million hectares of organic farms worldwide. In India alone there were nearly 1.6 million organic food producers, more than any other country.

Organic food in the United States

North America accounts for nearly half of the retail sales of organic food worldwide, making it the largest market for organic food aside from Europe, with most of that being attributed to the United States. Organic food in the United States has occupied a greater share of the total food sales every year since 2008. In 2020, about six percent of total food sales in the United States were generated by organic food.