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Acreage of genetically modified crops 2015-2017, by country

Acreage of genetically modified crops worldwide from 2015 to 2017, by leading country (in million hectares)

The data shows the total acreage of genetically modified crops of the leading countries from 2015 to 2017. In 2016, the U.S. planted 72.9 million hectares of biotech crops. Their biotech crops include maize, soybean, cotton, canola, sugar beet, alfalfa, papaya, squash and potato.

2015	70.9	44.2	24.5	11.6	11
2016	72.9	49.1	23.8	10.8	11.6
2017	75	50.2	23.6	11.4	13.1

Acreage of genetically modified crops 2015-2017, by country

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