TABLE 3.
Number of GM plant events authorised for food and/or feed a use per year per jurisdictions. Source: ISAAA (2021).
| Year | Adopters b | So-far non-adopters b | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Canada | Australia | Japan | New Zealand | EU | Norway | Switzerland | |
| 1993 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1995 | 54 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 40 | 41 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| 1997 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — |
| 1998 | 63 | 8 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
| 1999 | 11 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 9 | — | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 46 | — | — | 1 |
| 2004 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | |
| 2005 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | — | — |
| 2007 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 12 | — | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | — | — |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 20 | — | — |
| 2011 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | — | — |
| 2012 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 12 | — | — |
| 2013 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 38 | 23 | — | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 36 | — | — |
| 2016 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 18 | — | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 20 | — | — |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 12 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| 2021 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Total | 370 | 293 | 142 | 375 | 142 | 226 | 11 | 4 |
a
Each authorisation is counted: combined food-feed authorisation of an event possible in some jurisdictions and some time periods count as one authorisation, separate authorisations for food and feed for the same event counts twice.
b
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.