Rainforest Alliance An inside look at certification data for the Rainforest Alliance and UTZ Programs
2018 facts & figures
rainforest alliance program global reach
certified area (hectares) Rainforest Alliance Certified Area per Region 2016
2017
2018
Global RAC Coffee Area
387,265
411,519
470,817
Latin America Asia Africa North America
247,326 43,404 96,534 -
268,686 46,432 96,401 -
276,389 49,969 143,333 1,126
Global RAC Cocoa Area
692,228
740,822
736,727
47,844 26,466 617,918
59,574 35,950 645,298
51,186 30,188 655,352
Global RAC Tea Area
468,631
550,646
593,481
Latin America Asia Africa
11,723 198,707 258,202
13,604 261,035 276,007
15,852 274,854 302,775
Global RAC Banana Area
144,441
161,036
166,401
134,184 5,188 5,069
146,339 7,636 7,060
154,938 1,636 9,827
Latin America Asia Africa
Latin America Asia Africa 2
UTZ and the Rainforest Alliance merged in 2018, taking the name Rainforest Alliance. The UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certification programs continue to run separately until the transition to our new certification program begins in 2020.
producing countries Number of Producing Countries 2016
2017
2018
Coffee
25
25
24
Cocoa
15
14
13
Tea
20
21
21
Bananas
16
18
19
Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belize Brazil Burundi Cameroon Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Ghana
Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Kenya Laos Malawi Mexico Mozambique Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Panama
Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Rwanda Sri Lanka Suriname Taiwan Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda United States Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
Various countries produce multiple commodities: coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas
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rainforest alliance coffee program RAC Estimated Production Volumes Green Coffee (MT) Country
Rainforest Alliance Certified Global Sales (MT)
2016
2017
2018
508,631
557,911
655,280
Latin America Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru
391,261 165,114 66,566 29,308 87 11,129 28,017 28,064 35 8,691 16,428 328 37,494
445,031 194,005 81,144 27,843 87 9,731 33,127 28,478 63 7,582 22,899 252 39,821
508,583 235,214 101,313 32,070 0 7,393 33,579 27,886 37 9,272 22,765 0 39,054
Asia China India Indonesia Laos Papua New Guinea Vietnam
63,401 700 19,241 11,540 250 939 30,731
61,364 31,566 7,459 250 979 21,109
72,080 32,995 5,505 1,007 631 31,941
Africa Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Zambia
53,969 15,166 16,406 818 3,897 7,328 9,469 885
51,516 289 18,133 12,755 498 3,262 8,613 7,081 885
73,479 455 27,150 15,336 555 6,827 12,056 7,969 3,131
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-
1,139 1,139
Global RAC Coffee Volume (MT)
North America United States
Country
2016
2017
2018
Global RAC Coffee Sales
217,853
229,564
261,604
Latin America Asia Africa North America
187,847 19,210 10,795 -
196,593 22,438 10,532 -
224,131 25,177 12,296 -
Rainforest Alliance Certified Producers Country Global Latin America Asia Africa North America
2016
2017
2018
228,243
204,329
231,581
30,963 23,340 173,940 -
31,668 17,197 155,464 -
31,136 18,246 182,198 1
Workers on Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal) Country Global RAC Coffee # of Workers Latin America Asia Africa North America
2016
2017
2018
No data available
No data available
369,087 206,751 84,414 77,730 192
Photo: Creagh Cross 4
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rainforest alliance cocoa program RAC Estimated Production Volumes Cocoa (MT)
Rainforest Alliance Certified Global Sales (MT)
2016
2017
2018
473,480
457,082
413,932
Latin America Brazil Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Nicaragua Peru Trinidad and Tobago
50,999 251 120 20,406 24,912 18 5,204 89
60,835 162 120 22,269 34,679 18 3,489 98
52,601 53 22,429 26,057 3,964 98
Asia India Indonesia Papua New Guinea
23,123 168 20,953 2,003
26,663 18 25,586 1,058
19,999 80 18,861 1,058
399,357 1,702 86,267 300,480 2,863 8,045
369,584 75,067 279,324 9,844 5,349
341,333 1,106 85,959 245,124 3,795 5,349
Country Global RAC Cocoa Volume (MT)
Africa Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast Nigeria Tanzania
Rainforest Alliance Certified Producers Country Global Latin America Asia Africa
2016
2017
2018
206,426
206,096
200,896
8,998 23,087 174,341
8,998 28,752 168,346
7,212 25,012 168,672
2016
2017
2018
177,828
186,172
165,221
Latin America Brazil Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Peru Trinidad and Tobago
26,767 3 60 9,875 16,403 413 13
18,216 52 7,105 9,671 1,342 46
15,603 11 5,997 8,482 1,081 32
Asia Indonesia Papua New Guinea Philippines
13,337 12,735 570 33
18,005 17,300 705 -
8,329 7,474 855 -
137,724 322 23,063 105,427 7,576 1,336
149,951 595 22,736 124,892 1,729
141,289 300 17,505 117,826 2,024 3,634
Country Global RAC Cocoa Sales
Africa Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast Nigeria Tanzania
Workers on Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal) Country Global RAC Cocoa # of Workers Latin America Asia Africa
2016
2017
2018
No data available
No data available
14,834 2,922 7,245 4,667
Photo: David Dudenhoefer 6
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rainforest alliance tea program RAC Estimated Production Volumes Tea (MT) Country
Rainforest Alliance Global Sales (MT) 2016
2017
2018
192,309
219,938
229,372
Latina America Argentina Ecuador
13,981 13,981 -
27,900 27,890 10
34,395 34,295 100
483,762 1,402 12,228 21,186 250,995 74,782 2,371 427 59,317 331 41,427 19,296
Asia Australia Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Nepal Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Vietnam
69,125 3 1,094 25,230 8,448 699 21,159 103 8,965 3,424
87,074 4,189 40,689 6,889 357 1 22,452 121 5,852 6,524
97,410 436 14 7,320 46,526 12,729 231 8 18,045 138 6,075 5,888
677,036 5,439 492,999 46,758 1,700 29,873 24,280 28,368 16,813
Africa Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe
109,202 411 139 54,477 13,465 9,976 14,682 12,753 3,300
104,965 71 214 42,740 18,070 99 12,476 14,834 12,907 3,553
97,568 28 435 52,400 10,060 161 11,361 7,025 10,810 4,125
2016
2017
2018
1,084,910
1,170,394
1,209,769
55,769 51,869 3,900
46,281 42,342 3,939
48,972 45,236 3,735
Asia Australia Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Nepal Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Vietnam
403,925 470 11,246 202,836 62,457 645 380 51,320 307 62,787 11,478
449,983 12,272 16,009 240,025 69,044 1,901 419 69,193 423 22,382 18,314
Africa Burundi Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe
625,217 10,930 6,771 469,446 49,127 26,292 27,040 19,375 16,236
674,130 10,930 6,826 439,858 44,561 1,900 29,334 20,811 23,497 13,611
Global RAC Tea Volume (MT) Latin America Argentina Ecuador
Rainforest Alliance Certified Producers Country
2016
2017
2018
Global
813,308
879,481
878,182
Latin America Asia Africa
454 42,421 770,433
526 69,211 809,744
570 66,158 811,454
Country Global RAC Tea Sales
Workers on Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal) Country Global RAC Tea # of Workers Latin America Asia Africa
2016
2017
2018
No data available
No data available
767,378 1,093 562,588 203,697
Photo: Sara Hylton 8
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rainforest alliance banana program RAC Estimated Production Volumes Banana (MT) 2017
2018
Global RAC Banana Volume (MT)
7,353,847 7,808,458
8,412,651
Latin America Belize Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Suriname
6,953,239 55,326 20,884 1,715,534 1,481,048 21,362 948,150 1,907,757 442,101 39,914 92,719 227,626 816 -
7,236,947 83,137 15,324 1,722,135 1,560,622 91,484 1,194,869 1,609,079 474,520 113,774 65,893 236,827 829 68,455
7,917,224 83,565 10,434 3,398 2,072,530 1,906,832 129,512 1,339,183 1,267,603 499,451 194,297 99,707 255,415 1,512 53,784
Asia Philippines
142,413 142,413
231,914 231,914
63,671 63,671
Africa Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast Malawi Tanzania
258,196 82,596 171,045 4,555 -
339,596 138,594 10,000 190,948 55 -
431,756 103,337 10,000 318,082 337
Country
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Rainforest Alliance Certified Global Sales (MT)
2016
Country
2016
2017
2018
Global RAC Banana Sales
217,853
229,564
261,604
Latin America Asia Africa
187,847 19,210 10,795
196,593 22,438 10,532
224,131 25,177 12,296
Rainforest Alliance Certified Producers Country
2016
2017
2018
Global
1,577
1,873
2,168
Latin America Asia Africa
1,523 38 16
1,811 45 17
2,111 41 16
Workers on Rainforest Alliance Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal) Country Global RAC Banana # of Workers Latin America Asia Africa
2016
2017
2018
No data available
No data available
159,957 137,844 3,955 18,158
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GLOSSARY CERTIFIED AREA:
Estimated production area of the certified crop
ESTIMATED PRODUCTION VOLUMES:
Estimated production volume of the certified crop
GLOBAL SALES:
‘Global sales’ are all the confirmed sales from a certified producers’ group or estate to the first buyer.
PRODUCERS:
Total number of certified farmers
GROUP MEMBER FARMERS:
Smaller farms that are certified as part of a group or cooperative
INDIVIDUAL FARMS / ESTATES:
Larger farms that are certified as individual farms or part of a multi-site license
WORKERS ON RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIEDTM FARMS:
Any person who works on a farm or for a group administrator and is paid for his or her work. Includes the workers hired by individual smallholders
WORKERS ON UTZ CERTIFIED FARMS:
Number of workers hired by each certificate holder. Does not include the workers hired by individual smallholders.
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certified area (hectares) UTZ Certified Area per Region
Global UTZ Certified Coffee Area Latin America Asia Africa Global UTZ Certified Cocoa Area Latin America Asia Africa
2016
2017
2018
567,336
592,977
770,423
377,470 107,460 82,406
405,579 110,045 77,353
499,743 139,384 131,296
2,096,939 2,706,596
3,007,123
145,327 77,455 1,874,157
171,604 86,242 2,448,750
159,871 41,801 2,805,451
Global UTZ Certified Tea Area
67,679
77,298
74,536
Latin America Asia Africa
774 42,789 24,117
1,283 35,212 40,803
733 41,315 32,489
Global UTZ Certified Hazelnut Area
-
11,444
15,606
Asia
-
11,444
15,606
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UTZ and the Rainforest Alliance merged in 2018, taking the name Rainforest Alliance. The UTZ and Rainforest Alliance certification programs continue to run separately until the transition to our new certification program begins in 2020.
producing countries Number of Producing Countries 2016
2017
2018
Coffee
25
23
25
Cocoa
20
21
18
Tea
12
13
14
Hazelnuts
2
2
2
Argentina Brazil Burundi Cameroon China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Dominican Republic DR Congo Ecuador El Salvador Ethiopia Georgia
Ghana Guatemala Honduras India Indonesia Japan Kenya Laos Malawi Mexico Nicaragua Nigeria Mozambique Panama
Papua New Guinea Peru Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Sri Lanka Tanzania Turkey Uganda Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
Various countries produce multiple commodities: coffee, cocoa, tea, hazelnuts
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utz coffee program UTZ Certified Estimated Production Volumes Green Coffee (MT) Country
2016
2017
2018
Global UTZ Certified Coffee Volume (MT)
870,102
857,803
1,102,826
Latin America Brazil Colombia Honduras Peru Guatemala Nicaragua Mexico Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Panama
597,636 300,745 74,564 82,469 75,551 12,242 36,046 13,564 1,368 730 274 82
609,995 295,547 101,814 69,393 73,525 14,175 35,769 17,758 1,608 405 -
Asia Vietnam India Indonesia Papua New Guinea China Laos
225,285 172,620 39,320 9,585 1,300 2,210 250 47,181 15,593 6,201 13,488 2,850 885 5,158 1,733 1,272
Africa Uganda Kenya Ethiopia Tanzania Zambia DR of Congo Burundi Rwanda
2016
2017
2018
Global UTZ Certified 1st Buyer Coffee Sales
321,419
365,091
518,807
784,431 402,936 110,782 101,828 77,773 23,225 46,439 17,512 2,341 1,082 400 112
Latin America Brazil Honduras Colombia Peru Nicaragua Guatemala Mexico Costa Rica Dominican Republic El Salvador Panama
251,022 149,514 32,041 31,758 12,597 10,933 6,876 5,668 1,635 20
272,874 139,848 47,401 34,595 15,546 18,054 12,311 4,263 856 -
383,287 208,225 75,314 43,437 22,328 17,683 9,298 5,196 1,579 228 -
200,185 141,610 40,148 12,116 1,932 2,048 2,331
252,340 176,406 42,241 19,337 3,437 8,435 2,484
Asia Vietnam India Indonesia China Papua New Guinea Laos
61,737 48,326 9,555 2,986 543 326 -
80,888 61,178 12,964 5,323 361 1,063 -
120,437 94,156 13,177 8,944 1,623 2,477 60
47,623 17,044 4,581 15,775 3,419 1,080 1,963 2,390 1,372
66,055 18,306 6,741 25,232 3,451 2,232 3,062 4,270 2,761
8,660 1,258 3,172 3,122 486 289 38 295
11,329 1,079 4,484 2,716 704 1,464 180 38 665
15,083 1,313 5,211 2,925 1,534 1,302 631 1,293 874
UTZ Certified Group Member Farmers Country Global Latin America Asia Africa
UTZ Certified Global Sales (MT)
2016
2017
2018
225,505
224,953
289,305
49,885 41,527 134,093
52,532 44,817 127,604
62,448 62,673 164,184
Country
Africa Kenya Uganda Ethiopia Tanzania Burundi Zambia DR of Congo Rwanda
UTZ Certified Individual Farms â „ Estates 2016
2017
2018
Global
919
1,062
1,273
Latin America Asia Africa
785 79 55
940 72 50
1,141 71 61
Country
Workers on UTZ Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal)
Country Global UTZ Certified Coffee # of Workers Latin America Asia Africa 16
2016
2017
2018
296,208
255,647
193,158
153,581 90,065 52,562
137,230 67,005 51,412
76,613 60,397 56,148 2018 Facts & Figures 17
utz cocoa program UTZ Certified Estimated Production Cocoa Volumes (mt) Country
2016
Global UTZ Certified Cocoa volume (MT) Africa Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Sierra Leone Cameroon Uganda DR Congo Tanzania Togo Liberia Latin America Peru Ecuador Dominican Republic Nicaragua Brazil Mexico Panama Costa Rica Colombia Honduras Asia Indonesia Vietnam Fiji
UTZ Certified Global Sales (MT)
2017
2018
1,188,166 1,449,882
1,600,161
991,729 661,876 181,365 72,955 13,430 35,526 6,081 13,070 5,458 624 1,344
1,224,472 817,264 193,566 99,314 14,313 69,437 7,442 17,871 1,810 3,456
1,427,909 973,496 229,996 124,658 5,570 59,957 6,441 26,324 1,467 -
136,488 47,871 59,626 22,056 621 4,757 484 58 1,016 -
163,556 42,468 83,130 28,714 1,417 6,113 915 73 726 44
146,573 31,894 64,786 32,873 2,053 14,050 771 94 53 -
59,948 58,018 1,931 -
61,854 60,959 889 6
25,678 25,162 516 -
UTZ Certified Group Member Farmers 2016
2017
2018
Global
614,405
744,651
807,706
Africa Latin America Asia
536,070 25,811 52,524
645,440 27,127 72,084
746,001 24,153 37,552
Country
Country
2016
2017
2018
Global UTZ Certified 1st Buyer Cocoa Sales
639,087
1,166,649
965,845
Africa Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Sierra Leone Cameroon Uganda DR Congo Tanzania Togo Liberia
516,774 345,987 79,034 39,747 6,056 32,895 4,208 7,965 621 262 -
1,014,959 671,854 176,201 70,976 7,462 71,805 5,289 8,694 2,363 314 -
866,156 647,873 97,386 57,487 1,536 48,283 2,836 10,403 351 -
Latin America Peru Ecuador Dominican Republic Nicaragua Brazil Mexico Panama Costa Rica Colombia Honduras
78,934 28,347 36,705 11,790 304 1,584 126 54 25 -
86,756 20,892 49,560 12,923 337 2,829 173 42 -
80,902 19,500 42,925 13,630 716 4,041 16 75 -
Asia Indonesia Vietnam Fiji
43,379 42,767 612 -
64,935 64,658 277 -
18,787 18,429 358 -
UTZ Certified Individual Farms ⁄ Estates 2016
2017
2018
Global
101
127
174
Africa Latin America Asia
96 5
127 -
174 -
Country
Workers on UTZ Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal)
Country Global UTZ Certified Coffee # of Workers Africa Latin America Asia 18
2016
2017
2018
23,675
21,781
22,176
13,620 5,935 4,120
11,385 7,929 2,467
13,023 8,355 798 2018 Facts & Figures 19
utz tea program UTZ Certified Estimated Production Tea Volumes (mt)
UTZ Certified Global Sales (MT)
2016
2017
2018
Global UTZ Certified Tea volume (MT)
119,642
119,883
119,787
Africa Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda South Africa Zimbabwe
44,894 27,758 11,468 1,561 4,106
59,472 31,627 16,543 2,110 3,000 2,676 3,516
Asia China India Indonesia Japan Sri Lanka Viet Nam
71,925 2,960 54,548 7,652 71 6,666 28 2,823 2,813 10
Country
Latin America Argentina Colombia
2016
2017
2018
Global UTZ Certified 1st Buyer Tea Sales
6,640
9,171
7,635
50,948 27,042 10,955 1,998 3,000 2,662 5,290
Africa Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda South Africa Zimbabwe
4,308 809 1,669 947 882
4,120 386 1,989 26 1,079 640
4,115 251 1,813 335 67 1,097 552
58,865 3,569 44,285 5,289 53 5,638 31
67,809 6,521 49,138 5,368 55 6,699 29
Asia China India Indonesia Japan Sri Lanka Viet Nam
2,197 311 1,108 611 168 -
4,958 1,119 3,311 415 112 -
3,473 843 2,335 210 86 -
1,546 1,546 -
1,030 1,000 30
135 135 -
93 93 -
46 46 -
UTZ Certified Group Member Farmers Country
Country
Latin America Argentina Colombia
UTZ Certified Individual Farms â „ Estates
2016
2017
2018
Country
Global
12,178
16,549
17,275
Global
Africa Asia Latin America
8,672 3,506 -
13,481 2,988 80
14,203 3,072 -
Africa Asia Latin America
2016
2017
2018
122
151 43 108 -
169
22 97 3
32 135 2
Workers on UTZ Certified Farms (permanent & seasonal)
Country Global UTZ Certified Coffee # of Workers Africa Asia Latin America
20
2016
2017
2018
104,335
90,695
94,016
19,901 84,138 296
35,002 55,477 216
26,983 66,459 574
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utz hazelnut program UTZ Certified Estimated Production Hazelnut Volumes (MT In Shell Equivalent) Country Global UTZ Certified Hazelnut volume (MT)
2016
2017
2018
16,116
21,067
29,559
UTZ Certified Global Sales (MT) Country Global UTZ Certified 1st Buyer Hazelnut Sales
2016
2017
2018
-
2,419
10,789
UTZ Certified Group Members & Individual Farmers Country Global
22
2016
2017
2018
3,865
4,356
6,550
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