Statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises

Latest release:
Farms' finances boosted by income from outside agriculture
24 Mar 2011
Of one subsidy euro paid to agricultural enterprises in 2009, a farmer family received as taxable result EUR 0.56, on average, in the form of wages and interest on own capital. All sales revenues and the remaining EUR 0.44 of subsidies were used to cover expenses. According to the personal tax data, the combined median of income subject to state tax was EUR 43,300 for a farmer couple, of which the median income of agriculture was only around EUR 7,300. Thus, the share of income from outside agriculture in a farmer family's income is significant. Without external income, in many cases it would be impossible to continue farming. In around 15 per cent of the farms the result from agriculture remained zero, or below it, while in nearly ten per cent of the farms the result was over EUR 50,000. These data derive from the 2009 Statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises published by Statistics Finland.

Next release:
30 Mar 2012