Worldwide sales of organic foods 1999-2022

The global sales of organic food have increased between 2000 and 2022. In 2022, sales of organic food amounted to about 134.76 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 2022, there were over 96 million hectares of organic farms worldwide. In India alone there were nearly 2.5 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.

自2000年至2022年间，全球有机食品的销售额显著增长。至2022年，有机食品的销售额约为1347.6亿美元，相较于2000年的近180亿美元有了显著提升。有机农业所涵盖的食品构成可能因国家与认证机构的不同而存在显著差异，但通常而言，它指的是未使用人工农药、基因改良或石油基肥料种植的作物。对于肉类、乳制品和蛋类产品，若要被标注为有机，动物必须饲养在有机饲料上，有充足的时间户外活动，且不得喂食生长激素。至2022年，全球有机农场面积超过9600万公顷。仅印度一国就有近250万有机食品生产商，超过任何其他国家。美国市场上的有机食品：北美地区占据了全球有机食品零售销售近一半的市场份额，使其成为除欧洲之外最大的有机食品市场，其中大部分市场份额归功于美国。自2008年以来，美国有机食品在总食品销售中的占比逐年上升。2020年，美国总食品销售额的约6%由有机食品贡献。