Description of Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises statistics

Compiler: Natural Resources Institute Finland, Luke
Statistics homepage: Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises
Main topic: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes

Description

The statistics provide an overall view of Finnish agricultural and horticultural enterprises by illustrating the structure of farms, ownership and production, as well as the number and age structure of farmers.

Content

The statistics contain information on the number of agricultural and horticultural enterprises, land use, average field areas and production sectors. Data on the number and age structure of farmers is presented for privately owned agricultural and horticultural enterprises.

Categories

Data is available for the whole of Finland and also regionally by Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres). Some of this publication’s data is also classified according to amount of utilised agricultural area, production sector, and the age or gender of the farmer. Data on the number of farms is also available by municipality.

Data collection and sources

The source for these statistics is the Agricultural and Horticultural Enterprise Register, which is an annual compilation of data on all the farms engaging in agricultural or horticultural production in Finland with an economic size of at least EUR 2,000. The majority of the content of the register is based on official information gathered from farmers during their dealings with Finland’s agricultural industry administration. This data is supplemented with information received from other surveys and the register update questionnaire sent directly to farmers every few years.

Update frequency

The statistics are drawn up annually.

Preparation and publication schedule

The statistics are published in February.

Time series

Data from the Agricultural and Horticultural Enterprise Register was first published on the basis of data from 2013. Data on farms is available from 1972 onwards. Data on farm structure has been collected as part of the Agricultural Census since the 1920s.