Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the United States, 1996–2023

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Percent of planted acres

	HT corn (Line)	Bt corn (Line)	Bt cotton (Line)	HT cotton (Line)	HT soybeans (Line)
1996	3	1.4	14.6	2.2	7.4
1997	4.3	7.6	15	10.5	17
1998	9	19.1	16.8	26.2	44.2
1999	8	25.9	32.3	42.1	55.8
2000	7	19	35	46	54
2001	8	19	37	56	68
2002	11	24	35	58	75
2003	15	29	41	59	81
2004	20	33	46	60	85
2005	26	35	52	61	87
2006	36	40	57	65	89
2007	52	49	59	70	91
2008	63	57	63	68	92
2009	68	63	65	71	91
2010	70	63	73	78	93
2011	72	65	75	73	94
2012	73	67	77	80	93
2013	85	76	75	82	93
2014	89	80	84	91	94
2015	89	81	84	89	94
2016	89	79	84	89	94
2017	89	80	85	91	94
2018	90	82	85	91	94
2019	89	83	92	95	94
2020	89	82	88	91	94
2021	90	84	91	94	95
2022	90	84	89	92	95
2023	91	85	89	94	95

Note: HT indicates herbicide-tolerant varieties; Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) indicates insect-resistant varieties (containing genes from the soil bacterium Bt). Data for HT/Bt corn and cotton are not mututally exclusive, as HT and Bt categories include those varieties with overlapping (stacked) HT and Bt traits.

Source: USDA, Economic Research Service using data from the 2002 ERS report, Adoption of Bioengineered Crops (AER-810) for 1996–99 and National Agricultural Statistics Service, (annual) June Agricultural Survey for 2000–23.