Organic farming — Italy
Dehesa Index brings together 49 “Organic farming” series for Italy, with official data and its history (since Jan 2012, latest 2025). Each value is shown as the source publishes it, not converted or recalculated.
In brief
In their latest reading, 9 of the 15 series rose, 6 fell against the previous observation. The largest rise is “Organic livestock: Live goats (head, Eurostat)” (+6.34 %, 2024); the largest fall, “Organic livestock: Dairy cows (head, Eurostat)” (−7.84 %, 2024). Against the same period a year earlier (15 comparable series), “Organic livestock: Live goats (head, Eurostat)” rose most (+6.34 %) and “Organic livestock: Dairy cows (head, Eurostat)” fell most (−7.84 %).
Computed from the series in the table; each keeps its own frequency and unit.
| Series | Latest | Period | Change | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic area (certified + in conversion): Arable land (Eurostat) | 1,155,541 | 2024 | −0.98 % | ha |
| Organic livestock: Live bovine animals (head, Eurostat) | 485,536 | 2024 | +3.45 % | head |
| Organic livestock: Dairy cows (head, Eurostat) | 79,109 | 2024 | −7.84 % | head |
| Organic livestock: Live swine, domestic species (head, Eurostat) | 55,327 | 2024 | +1.35 % | head |
| Organic livestock: Live sheep (head, Eurostat) | 566,096 | 2024 | +5.08 % | head |
| Organic livestock: Live goats (head, Eurostat) | 105,095 | 2024 | +6.34 % | head |
| Organic area (certified + in conversion): Permanent crops (Eurostat) | 569,999 | 2024 | +1.90 % | ha |
| Organic area (certified + in conversion): Utilised agricultural area excluding kitchen gardens (Eurostat) | 2,514,551 | 2024 | +2.40 % | ha |
| Organic processors: Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products (Number, Eurostat) | 813 | 2024 | +0.37 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs (Number, Eurostat) | 293 | 2024 | +3.17 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables (Number, Eurostat) | 4,437 | 2024 | −0.92 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats (Number, Eurostat) | 7,107 | 2024 | +2.08 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Manufacture of dairy products (Number, Eurostat) | 1,096 | 2024 | −0.63 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products (Number, Eurostat) | 2,302 | 2024 | −1.16 % | Number |
| Organic processors: Manufacture of bakery and farinaceous products (Number, Eurostat) | 2,274 | 2024 | −1.34 % | Number |
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Source: Eurostat (official Italian data: ISTAT, MASAF) · Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU); cite source · Data updated: 2026-11-03
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