Archive:Agricultural income per worker
- Data from December 2009, most recent data: Indicator A of the income from agricultural activity (tag00057).
According to first estimates, real agricultural income per worker in the European Union (EU) has decreased by 12.2% in 2009, following a decrease by 2.5% in 2008. This decline results from a reduction in real agricultural income (-14.2%), together with a fall in agricultural labour input (-2.2%). These estimates for the EU are based on data supplied by the national authorities in the Member States.
Main statistical findings
| First estimates for 2009: down by 12,2% on the previous year |
The decrease in EU real agricultural income in 2009 is mainly the result of a sharp fall in the value of agricultural output at producer prices in real terms (-10.9%), while input costs in real terms decreased (-9.2%). The small fall in the real value of subsidies net of taxes (-0.8%) and the slight decrease in depreciation in real terms (-0.2%) have a marginal impact.
Real agricultural income per worker in 2009 is estimated to have fallen in 22 Member States and to have risen in five. The largest falls are expected in Hungary (-35.6%), Italy (-25.3%), Luxembourg (-25.1%), the Czech Republic (-24.1%), Ireland (-22.3%), Germany (-21.0%), Austria (-20.4%) and France (-19.8%), and the highest rises in the United Kingdom (+14.3%), Malta (+9.1%) and Finland (+2.6%).
In 2009, the value of EU agricultural output at producer prices is estimated to have decreased by 10.9%, mainly due to a decrease in the value of both crop production (-13.2%) and animal production (-9.7%) in real terms.
- Declining crop prices: In crop production, the decrease in value is almost entirely due to a decline in prices (-12.4%), while the volume is expected to fall only slightly (-0.8%). Prices are falling for all groups of crops, except plants and flowers (+0.3%), most sharply for cereals (-27.5%), industrial crops (-15.6%), olive oil (-14.7%) and fruits (-12.3%). A rise in volume is seen for industrial crops (+8.6%), while olive oil (-8.9%) and cereals (-4.9%) are declining.
- Falling prices for animal production: The decrease in the value of animal production in 2009 is the result of a clear fall in producer prices (-8.7%) and a slight decline in volume (-1.1%). Prices are falling for the three largest animal products: milk (-20.3%), pigs (-4.2%) and cattle (-1.8%). The volume remains the same for milk production, is nearly stable for pigs (-0.3%) and decreases for cattle (-2.9%).
- Decreasing input costs: EU agricultural input costs (intermediate consumption) are expected to fall by 9.2% in real terms, due to decreases in both volume (-3.1%) and prices (-6.3%). Lower input volumes are estimated for almost all categories of input, particularly for fertilizers (-14.0%). The fall in input prices is driven by sharp falls in feeding stuff (-14.1%) and energy (-12.5%).
Between 2005 and 2009, EU-27 real income per worker is estimated to have decreased by 1.7%. On average, agricultural labour input in the EU-27 has fallen by 11.5% since 2005.
Data sources and availability
This News Release corresponds to first estimates submitted by the countries by the end of November 2009. A second estimate will be submitted by the end of January 2010 and these results will be published in March 2010. Final data will be available in the end of the year.