TABLE 2.
Number of GM plant events authorised for commercial cultivation per year per jurisdictions. Source: ISAAA (2021).
| Adopters a | So-far non-adopters a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States b | Canada | Australia | Japan c | New Zealand | EU d | Norway e | Switzerland f | |
| 1992 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 22 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 21 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 12 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| 1998 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 2011 | 11 | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 6 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 184 | 144 | 56 | 145 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
Adopter countries are countries that have authorised multiple events of GM plants and do actually cultivate them on more than 500,000 ha. Non-adopters are either countries which do not have multiple events authorized and/or do not cultivate GM-plants on noteworthy areas.
Stacked events of registered single events are not included in the US list as they are not listed as they do not need a separate registration.
No commercial cultivation despite approval; Japan has approved a lot of commercial GMOs for cultivation. However, commercial cultivation has been done very limited. The country has not adopted the cultivation of GMO crops even though they would have the possibility to do so.
Commercial cultivation with one event only in some regions of the Union (Spain and Portugal), the EU had once more commercial crops approved for cultivation but approval was expired in most cases. Cultivation is exempted in some member states through Directive (EU) 2015/412 (opt out).
Only cultivation of blue carnation for decoration purposes allowed.
Moratorium for commercial cultivation in place since 2005.