Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number) by country
Countries reporting
175
Highest
16,566
Germany
Lowest
1
Maldives
Median
113
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
4,030
What the numbers show
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number) is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 16,566 in Germany; the lowest is 1 in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 113, and the mean is 618.23.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16,566.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 16,566 | 2025 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 2 | India | 12,095 | 2025 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 8,267 | 2025 | up 1,550.1% | volatile |
| 4 | France | 4,489 | 2025 | up 391.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Mexico | 4,234 | 2025 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 3,076 | 2025 | up 523.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,896 | 2025 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 2,515 | 2025 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 9 | China (People’s Republic of) | 2,334 | 2025 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,282 | 2025 | up 207.1% | rising |
| 11 | Kenya | 2,148 | 2025 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Philippines | 2,035 | 2025 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 13 | Belgium | 1,975 | 2025 | up 645.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 1,905 | 2025 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 15 | Japan | 1,845 | 2025 | up 217.0% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 1,789 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 17 | Pakistan | 1,776 | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 1,536 | 2025 | up 126.2% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 1,438 | 2025 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 1,398 | 2025 | up 355.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Egypt | 1,380 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 1,155 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 1,035 | 2025 | up 542.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 1,017 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 1,008 | 2025 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,005 | 2025 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 938 | 2025 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 935 | 2025 | up 265.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 914 | 2025 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 912 | 2025 | up 150.5% | rising |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 885 | 2025 | up 154.3% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 816 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 697 | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 34 | Peru | 650 | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 637 | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 625 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 616 | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 603 | 2025 | up 386.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Brazil | 566 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 561 | 2025 | up 228.1% | rising |
| 41 | Iraq | 547 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 496 | 2025 | up 327.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Sudan | 496 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 475 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 421 | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 46 | Uganda | 416 | 2025 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 401 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 385 | 2025 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 49 | Republic of Korea | 371 | 2025 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 50 | Myanmar | 334 | 2025 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 51 | Ukraine | 327 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 308 | 2025 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 53 | Indonesia | 292 | 2025 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 291 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 55 | Niger | 289 | 2025 | up 160.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Jordan | 282 | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 57 | Zambia | 278 | 2025 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 264 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 260 | 2025 | up 202.3% | rising |
| 60 | Israel | 253 | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 61 | Mozambique | 236 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 62 | Russian Federation | 233 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 229 | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 226 | 2025 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 225 | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 66 | Lebanon | 222 | 2025 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 67 | Paraguay | 195 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 68 | Slovenia | 190 | 2025 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 180 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 70 | Ghana | 172 | 2025 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 71 | Armenia | 166 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 162 | 2025 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 72 | Senegal | 162 | 2025 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 155 | 2025 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 75 | Libya | 153 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 151 | 2025 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 148 | 2025 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 78 | Guatemala | 146 | 2025 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 146 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 146 | 2025 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 81 | Ireland | 129 | 2025 | up 360.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Ecuador | 128 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 83 | Rwanda | 126 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 114 | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 84 | Greece | 114 | 2025 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | 114 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 113 | 2025 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 87 | Serbia | 113 | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 108 | 2025 | up 184.2% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 108 | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 91 | Estonia | 106 | 2025 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Burundi | 105 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 104 | 2025 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 101 | 2023 | up 129.5% | rising |
| 95 | Slovak Republic | 98 | 2025 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 96 | Cameroon | 94 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 96 | Cambodia | 94 | 2025 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 96 | Madagascar | 94 | 2025 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 99 | New Zealand | 91 | 2025 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 100 | Yemen | 85 | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 101 | Bhutan | 77 | 2025 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 101 | El Salvador | 77 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 103 | Cuba | 73 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 104 | Eritrea | 72 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 72 | 2025 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 106 | Mongolia | 66 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 107 | Singapore | 64 | 2025 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 63 | 2025 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Haiti | 61 | 2025 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 110 | Fiji | 60 | 2025 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 55 | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 112 | Jamaica | 53 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 113 | Guyana | 51 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 45 | 2025 | up 181.2% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 45 | 2025 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Iceland | 39 | 2025 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 116 | Suriname | 39 | 2025 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 118 | Belarus | 37 | 2025 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 119 | Congo | 33 | 2025 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 120 | Lesotho | 32 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 32 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 122 | Angola | 31 | 2025 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 123 | Togo | 30 | 2025 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea | 29 | 2025 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 29 | 2025 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 27 | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 126 | Mauritius | 27 | 2025 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 128 | Gambia | 25 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 128 | Eswatini | 25 | 2025 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 22 | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 130 | Somalia | 22 | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 132 | Belize | 18 | 2025 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 17 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 133 | Oman | 17 | 2025 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Namibia | 16 | 2025 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritania | 15 | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Chad | 13 | 2025 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 139 | Samoa | 9 | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 139 | Brunei Darussalam | 9 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Montenegro | 7 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Tonga | 7 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Comoros | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 144 | Kiribati | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 144 | Marshall Islands | 6 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 148 | Dominica | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 148 | Naoero | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 148 | Cook Islands | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Qatar | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | South Sudan | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Malta | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | San Marino | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Niue | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 162 | Andorra | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Barbados | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Grenada | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Palau | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 169 | Djibouti | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Kuwait | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Maldives | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe and Northern America 55,703
- Western Europe 28,295
- Türkiye 2,492
- Central and Southern Asia 19,719
- Southern Asia 18,137
- Americas 15,991
- Africa 15,479
- Southern Europe 12,785
- Sub-Saharan Africa 10,854
- Latin America and the Caribbean 10,647
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 10,616
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 8,596