Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises 2015

There were 51,000 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland in 2015. The number of farms decreased by 1,800 from 2014.
The average utilised agricultural area of the farms was 44 hectares.
Average size of farms is 1.5 hectares more than year before.
The average age of farmers on privately owned farms was 50.8 years.
About 86 per cent of farms were family-run farms and eight per cent were farming syndicates, less than three per cent were heirs, and less than two per cent were limited companies.
On privately owned farms, a quarter of farmers were under the age of 43, and a quarter were over the age of 59. Half of the farmers were aged between 43 and 59.