Regional variation 

The growth of organic land is not uniform across Scotland. Since 2021, increases in area used for organic farming have been seen in East Central Scotland (5,000 hectares increase, +136%), Highlands and Islands (39,400 hectares increase, +92%), Eastern Scotland (10,800 hectares increase, +66%), and Southern Scotland (9,600 hectares increase, +32%). North Eastern Scotland has seen a relatively small decrease of -2.3%. West Central Scotland has also seen a decrease of 43%, but had a relatively small amount of organic farmland overall at less than 500 hectares in 2025. 

In 2025, the Highlands and Islands had 82,200 hectares of total organic farmland, making up 49% of the total in Scotland. Southern Scotland had 39,800 hectares (24%), followed by Eastern Scotland with 27,000 hectares (16%), North Eastern Scotland with 10,100 hectares (6.0%), East Central Scotland with 8,800 hectares (5.2%), and West Central Scotland with 320 hectares (0.2%). 

Note that locations provided depend on the address registered with the Organic Control Bodies. In some cases, this may be the business headquarters rather than the location where the organic farming activity takes place.  

Figure 8: Organic farmland by region in Scotland, 2018 to 2025.