Agricultural factor income

Alongside agricultural entrepreneurial income, the development of income can also be examined by agricultural factor income, which generally means the total income received from production activities and property. Changes in factor income have been presented in relation to year 2005=100 (orange curve) and in relation to the previous year (blue curve). Compared with 2005, factor income per agricultural entrepreneur was at its highest in 2010 when the index value was 124. Since then, the index value has increased or decreased slightly from one year to the next. In the 2000s, the index value was at its lowest at 84 in 2015. In 2024, it was 114. 

The index of real factor income per agricultural entrepreneur is calculated by deducting intermediate consumption, the consumption of fixed assets and product taxes from total agricultural income at basic prices and by adding other production subsidies. The resulting figure is divided by the total annual work unit in agriculture. Factor income represents the amount of compensation received for the average annual work unit and corresponding capital.

Eurostat calculates indicator data on the basis of the source material produced by Statistics Finland. The total annual work unit on farms is obtained from Luke's employment statistics.

The indicator is a common CAP plan impact indicator I.3 as set out in regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (eur-lex.europa.eu), Annex I. It is used in all Member States.

The first data of the indicator will be added to the page in autumn 2026.