Statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises

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Only every third euro of a farmer's income came from agriculture in 2010
30 Mar 2012
In 2010, an average of 32 per cent of a farmer family's income came from the farm, while in 2000 the corresponding share was 37 per cent. The share of agriculture has thus diminished in the income formation of a farmer family. The income share of agriculture varies strongly between farms, however. One third of farmer families were part-time agricultural entrepreneurs in that their income from agriculture was only under five per cent of the owner spouses' total taxable income. Correspondingly, nine per cent of families are full-time farmers so that they received over 95 per cent of their income from agriculture. These data derive from the 2010 statistics on the finances of agricultural and forestry enterprises published by Statistics Finland.

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Statistical releases will not be issued in English from these statistics in 2012.