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
207
Highest
16,566
Germany
Lowest
1
Maldives
Median
108
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
4,254
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 207 countries. The highest value is 16,566 in Germany; the lowest is 1 in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 108, and the mean is 607.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16,566.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number: 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 | United States | 2,829 | 2025 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 2,515 | 2025 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 2,492 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 2,492 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 12 | China | 2,334 | 2025 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 2,282 | 2025 | up 207.1% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2,282 | 2025 | up 207.1% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 2,148 | 2025 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Philippines | 2,035 | 2025 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium | 1,975 | 2025 | up 645.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,934 | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 1,905 | 2025 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 1,845 | 2025 | up 217.0% | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 1,789 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 1,776 | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 1,536 | 2025 | up 126.2% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 1,438 | 2025 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Switzerland | 1,398 | 2025 | up 355.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 1,380 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 27 | Morocco | 1,155 | 2025 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 1,035 | 2025 | up 542.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Argentina | 1,017 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 1,008 | 2025 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 31 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,005 | 2025 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 32 | Syria | 975 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 32 | Syrian Arab Republic | 975 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 34 | Austria | 938 | 2025 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 935 | 2025 | up 265.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 914 | 2025 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 912 | 2025 | up 150.5% | rising |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 885 | 2025 | up 154.3% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 816 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 40 | South Africa | 697 | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 650 | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 637 | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 43 | Algeria | 625 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 44 | Nepal | 616 | 2025 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 45 | Romania | 603 | 2025 | up 386.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Brazil | 566 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 561 | 2025 | up 228.1% | rising |
| 48 | Iraq | 547 | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 49 | United Republic of Tanzania | 519 | 2025 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 496 | 2025 | up 327.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 496 | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 475 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 53 | Vietnam | 422 | 2025 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 422 | 2025 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 421 | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 56 | Uganda | 416 | 2025 | up 117.8% | rising |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 401 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 58 | Thailand | 385 | 2025 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 59 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 372 | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 371 | 2025 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 60 | Republic of Korea | 371 | 2025 | up 93.2% | rising |
| 62 | Myanmar | 334 | 2025 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 63 | Ukraine | 327 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 64 | Norway | 308 | 2025 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 65 | Indonesia | 292 | 2025 | up 75.9% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 291 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 67 | Niger | 289 | 2025 | up 160.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Jordan | 282 | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 278 | 2025 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 70 | Caribbean | 265 | 2025 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 264 | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 260 | 2025 | up 202.3% | rising |
| 73 | Israel | 253 | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 74 | Mozambique | 236 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 75 | Russia | 233 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 233 | 2025 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 77 | Uruguay | 229 | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 226 | 2025 | up 69.9% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 225 | 2025 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 80 | Lebanon | 222 | 2025 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 195 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 82 | Slovenia | 190 | 2025 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 180 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 172 | 2025 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 85 | Armenia | 166 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 162 | 2025 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 86 | Senegal | 162 | 2025 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 155 | 2025 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 89 | Libya | 153 | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 90 | Malawi | 151 | 2025 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 148 | 2025 | up 82.7% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 146 | 2025 | up 117.9% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 146 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 92 | Mali | 146 | 2025 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 95 | Ireland | 129 | 2025 | up 360.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Ecuador | 128 | 2025 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 126 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 98 | Cyprus | 114 | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 98 | Greece | 114 | 2025 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 114 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 101 | Malaysia | 113 | 2025 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 101 | Serbia | 113 | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 108 | 2025 | up 184.2% | rising |
| 103 | Honduras | 108 | 2025 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 107 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 105 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 107 | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 107 | Estonia | 106 | 2025 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Burundi | 105 | 2025 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 104 | 2025 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 101 | 2023 | up 129.5% | rising |
| 111 | Slovakia | 98 | 2025 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 112 | Melanesia | 96 | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 113 | Cameroon | 94 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 94 | 2025 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 94 | 2025 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 116 | New Zealand | 91 | 2025 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 117 | Laos | 90 | 2025 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 117 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 90 | 2025 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 119 | Yemen | 85 | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 120 | Bhutan | 77 | 2025 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 120 | El Salvador | 77 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 122 | Cuba | 73 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 72 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 123 | Croatia | 72 | 2025 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 67 | 2025 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 125 | Côte d'Ivoire | 67 | 2025 | up 179.2% | rising |
| 127 | Mongolia | 66 | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 128 | Singapore | 64 | 2025 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 63 | 2025 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Haiti | 61 | 2025 | up 110.3% | rising |
| 131 | Fiji | 60 | 2025 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 132 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 58 | 2025 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 55 | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 53 | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 135 | Guyana | 51 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 45 | 2025 | up 181.2% | rising |
| 136 | Latvia | 45 | 2025 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Iceland | 39 | 2025 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 39 | 2025 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 138 | Polynesia | 39 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Belarus | 37 | 2025 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 142 | Moldova | 34 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 142 | Republic of Moldova | 34 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 144 | Congo | 33 | 2025 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 145 | Lesotho | 32 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 32 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 147 | Angola | 31 | 2025 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 30 | 2025 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 29 | 2025 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 29 | 2025 | up 52.6% | rising |
| 151 | Botswana | 27 | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 151 | Mauritius | 27 | 2025 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 25 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 153 | Eswatini | 25 | 2025 | up 92.3% | rising |
| 155 | Micronesia | 23 | 2025 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 22 | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 156 | Somalia | 22 | 2025 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 158 | State of Palestine | 21 | 2025 | up 90.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 18 | 2025 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 160 | Liberia | 17 | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 160 | Oman | 17 | 2025 | up 750.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Namibia | 16 | 2025 | up 433.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Mauritania | 15 | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 163 | Tuvalu | 15 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Chad | 13 | 2025 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 166 | East Timor | 12 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 12 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 168 | Brunei | 9 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 9 | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 168 | Samoa | 9 | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 168 | Brunei Darussalam | 9 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Montenegro | 7 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 7 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Comoros | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 174 | Gabon | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 174 | Marshall Islands | 6 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 178 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 178 | Dominica | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 178 | Nauru | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 178 | Cook Islands | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Naoero | 5 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 186 | Qatar | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 190 | Malta | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | San Marino | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 194 | Andorra | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Barbados | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Grenada | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Palau | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 201 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 201 | Djibouti | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Kuwait | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 201 | 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.
- World 117,298
- Europe and Northern America 55,703
- Europe 50,359
- Asia 34,306
- Western Europe 28,295
- 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
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 8,550
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8,504
- Eastern Africa 6,995
- Western Asia 5,991
- Northern Europe 5,564
- South America 5,368
- Northern America 5,344
- Central America 5,014
- Eastern Asia 4,746
- Northern Africa 4,625
- South-eastern Asia 3,850
- Eastern Europe 3,715
- United States of America 2,829
- Western Africa 2,776
- Central Asia 1,582
- Oceania 1,163
- Southern Africa 797
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 644
- Middle Africa 286
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 158