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Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises 2022

Published 4.5.2023

The number of farms continued to decrease in 2022, while the utilised agricultural area remained almost unchanged.

  • There are a total of 43,540 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland in 2022. The number of farms decreased by 1 149 from 2021. 
  • The average utilisable agricultural area was 52 hectares per farm. 
  • Some 85% of all farms were family-run, 9% were farming syndicates, while farms owned by heirs and limited liability farms represented about 5%.
  • 71% of farms had crop production as their production line, while 21% of farms were classified as livestock farms. The other Finnish farms are mixed farms with no single clear primary production line.

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