Since the first year of commercial planting of biotech crops in 1996, more than 70 countries from all over the world have either planted or imported biotech crops.
The 6 founder biotech crop countries in 1996 are USA, China, Argentina, Canada, Australia, and Mexico.
Up to 17 million farmers planted biotech crops in 2018, 95% is from developing countries.
26 countries planted 191.7 million hectares of biotech crops in 2018, a ~113-fold increase from 1.7 million hectares in 1996.
In 2018, 26 countries planted and 44 imported biotech crops.
