1. Excerpted Maps/Graphics from 2015 ISAAA Report
“20th Anniversary of the Global Commercialization of Biotech Crops (1996 to 2015) and Biotech Crop Highlights in 2015; James, Clive; 2015”

2. Global Area of Biotech Crops (million hectares) 1996-2015

3. Global Area (million hectares) of Biotech Crops in 2015
28 countries have adopted biotech crops
In 2015, global area of biotech crops was million hectares, representing a marginal decrease of 1% from 2014, equivalent to 1.8 million hectares

4. Biotech Crop Countries and Mega-Countries* in 2015
*19 biotech mega-countries growing 50,000 hectares, or more, of biotech crops

5. Global Area of Biotech Crops in 2015 by Country
Rank
Country
Area (million hectares)
Area (acres)
Biotech Crops 1
USA*
70.9
175.2
Maize, soybean, cotton, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, squash, potato 2
Brazil*
44.2
109.2
Soybean, maize, cotton 3
Argentina*
24.5
60.5 4
India*
11.6
28.7
Cotton 5
Canada* 11
27.2
Canola, maize, soybean, sugar beet 6
China*
3.7
9.1
Cotton, papaya, poplar 7
Paraguay*
3.6
9.0 8
Pakistan*
2.9
7.2 9
South Africa*
2.3
5.7
Maize, soybean, cotton 10
Uruguay*
1.4
3.5
Soybean, maize
Bolivia*
1.1
2.7
Soybean 12
Philippines*
0.7
1.7
Maize 13
Australia*
Cotton, canola 14
Burkina Faso*
0.4
1.0 15
Myanmar*
0.3 16
Mexico*
0.1
Cotton, soybean 17
Spain* 18
Colombia*
Cotton, maize 19
Sudan* 20
Honduras
<0.1
<0.3 21
Chile
Maize, soybean, canola 22
Portugal 23
Vietnam 24
Czech Republic 25
Slovakia 26
Costa Rica 27
Bangladesh
Brinjal/eggplant 28
Romania
Total:
179.7
444.3
*19 biotech mega-countries growing 50,000 hectares, or more, of biotech crops ** Rounded off to the nearest hundred thousand

6. Global Adoption Rates (%) for Principal Biotech Crops in 2015