Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

Farms

By size of arable land area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
By size of arable land area	number
–10 ha	18 102	17 137	16 599	15 819	15 325	13 993	14 473	13 888	13 740	13 469	13 105
10–30 ha	35 163	33 363	31 812	30 777	29 470	27 989	27 169	25 834	24 980	23 880	23 101
30–50 ha	15 621	15 337	15 126	14 825	14 574	14 141	13 741	13 172	12 810	12 341	11 954
50–100 ha	9 232	9 651	9 896	10 063	10 269	10 665	10 750	10 909	10 952	10 892	10 809
100 ha–	1 665	1 832	2 041	2 230	2 416	2 729	2 938	3 135	3 320	3 593	3 798
Total	79 783	77 320	75 474	73 714	72 054	69 517	69 071	66 938	65 802	64 175	62 767

Land use	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Land use	1 000 ha
Arable land and garden	2 212	2 219	2 228	2 236	2 243	2 282	2 292	2 287	2 289	2 290	2 287
– rented fields	687	712	729	735	746	764	764	775	780	792	798
– arable land under cultivation	2 196	2 202	2 215	2 225	2 233	2 254	2 278	2 275	2 275	2 275	2 272
Meadow and pasture¹⁾	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	20	20	20	19
Productive forest	3 581	3 490	3 429	3 366	3 322	3 261	3 258	3 197	3 141	3 110	3 098
Other land	1 145	1 118	1 013	985	966	937	931	908	885	868	803
Total	6 959	6 845	6 690	6 607	6 551	6 502	6 502	6 412	6 335	6 288	6 206

The average arable land area of farms, ha	28,0	28,9	29,9	30,5	31,4	33,0	33,3	34,4	35,0	35,9	36,7
1) Only used meadows and pastures, and grazing land

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat1.xls

Last Modified: 27.4.2011

	1938	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
	1 000
Cattle	1 940	1 922	1 873	1 738	1 360	1 057	1 037	1 025	1 000	969	959	949	927	915	918	926
Pigs	531	483	1 047	1 451	1 394	1 296	1 261	1 315	1 375	1 365	1 401	1 436	1 448	1 483	1 381	1 367
Poultry²⁾	2 779	5 778	8 264	8 476	6 477	4 024	4 245	3 985	3 947	3 981	4 081	3 947	3 898	4 056	3 785	4 232
Sheep	956	341	189	106	103	100	96	96	98	109	87	117	119	122	I 118	126
Horses	390	251	90	34	44	58	59	59	60	61	64	66	68	69	72	74
Reindeer	205	181	118	186	239	203	186	200	197	201	207	198	193	195	193	194
1) Between 1938 and 1960 the data relate to farms of 0.25 ha or more, subsequently to farms of 1 ha or more 2) Egg-laying hens and chicks l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat2.xls

Last Modified: 27.4.2011

Production as % of consumption
Product group	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Cereals	114	70	175	103	92	94	104	115	102	96	116	114	114	97
Dairy products, fluids	. .	129	122	112	112	115	111	109	106	105	100	99	99	97
Dairy products, fats	126	130	143	132	135	138	135	132	129	128	125	121	121	120
Beef	110	102	109	93	97	98	100	94	89	90	90	85	86	83
Pork	111	119	114	101	105	111	112	112	116	115	115	116	112	109
Poultry meat	97	106	99	93	100	103	102	104	103	106	102	109	102	99
Eggs	136	149	136	114	113	110	116	119	119	116	116	117	106	117
Sugar	27	61	91	71	71	73	61	69	75	52	39	27	35	32

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat4.xls

Last Modified: 18.3.2011

Crop yield	Unit	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Wheat	mil. kg	368	409	357	627	538	801	684	797	788	887	724
Rye	mil. kg	186	131	124	244	108	32	51	87	61	42	69
Barley	mil. kg	440	933	1 534	1 720	1 985	2 103	1 972	1 984	2 129	2 171	1 340
Oats	mil. kg	1 109	1 330	1 258	1 662	1 413	1 073	1 029	1 222	1 213	1 115	810
Potatoes	mil. kg	1 717	1 136	736	881	785	743	576	702	684	755	659
Sugar beets	mil. kg	411	431	900	1 125	1 046	1 181	952	673	468	559	542

Wheat	kg/ha	2 036	2 330	2 870	3 480	3 610	3 730	3 560	3 930	3 640	4 100	3 430
Rye	kg/ha	1 681	1 990	2 320	3 010	2 430	2 290	2 330	2 740	2 580	2 550	2 720
Barley	kg/ha	2 070	2 310	2 880	3 540	3 550	3 540	3 500	3 720	3 640	3 860	3 210
Oats	kg/ha	2 262	2 540	2 810	3 670	3 540	3 110	2 920	3 520	3 420	3 460	2 910
Potatoes	kg/ha	19 862	18 900	18 000	21 500	24 460	25 700	20 530	25 730	26 120	28 610	26 210
Sugar beets	kg/ha	27 490	28 900	26 830	35 600	32 550	37 870	39 950	42 180	34 520	37 710	37 120
Dairy products
Milk	mil. l	2 493	2 801	2 949	2 600	2 371	2 293	2 279	2 226	2 188	2 215	2 222
Butter	mil. kg	89	86	74	56	55	50	50	48	47	48	45
Cheese	mil. kg	31	41	73	88	93	91	95	l 94	100	97	101
Beef^1) 2)	mil. kg	45	97	112	118	91	87	87	89	82	l 82	83
Pork¹⁾	mil. kg	54	106	169	187	173	204	208	213	217	206	203
Poultry meat	mil. kg	1	4	15	33	64	87	88	95	101	95	96
Eggs	mil. kg	43	65	79	76	59	I 58	57	57	58	54	62
1) Starting from 1 July 1995, deduction of hot carcass weight (2%) 2) Does not include veal l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat3.xls

Last Modified: 27.4.2011

Increment and drain of the growing stock			Commercial roundwood production
Period	Increment	Drain	Year	Total ¹⁾	Logs	Pulpwood
Period	mil. m³ per year		Year	mil. m³
1970–74	58	55	1970	45,1	20,2	24,4
1975–79	67	46	1980	48,1	25,0	22,8
1980–84	73	53	1990	43,6	19,7	23,8
1985–89	78	55	1991	34,5	15,3	19,1
1990–94	82	53	1992	40,2	17,9	22,2
1995–99	87	65	1993	42,1	19,8	22,1
2000–04	96	70	1994	49,2	24,9	24,2
2005–09	103	67	1995	51,0	24,7	26,2
2010	104	72	1996	46,9	23,0	23,9
			1997	53,0	27,0	25,8
			1998	55,1	27,7	27,3
			1999	55,3	27,3	28,0
			2000	55,9	28,3	27,6
			2001	53,3	25,4	27,8
			2002	54,2	25,9	28,2
			2003	55,0	26,8	28,2
			2004	55,1	26,4	28,6
			2005	52,6	24,4	28,2
			2006	50,8	23,7	27,0
			2007	57,7	28,0	29,7
			2008	51,7	21,5	30,1
			2009	41,4	16,8	24,2
			2010	52,0	21,6	30,0
Forestry land (incl. protected areas) in 2004–2008 totalled 26 263 000 ha, of which 52.1% was owned privately, 7.7% by companies, 35.1% by the state and 5.0% by others. The volume of growing stock was 2 205 mil. m³, of which 49.8% was pine, 30.3% spruce and 19.9% non-coniferous. m³ = cubic metre, solid volume over bark 1) Incl. fuelwood

Table in Excel format suoluk_mets1.xls

Last Modified: 15.11.2011

Last updated 16.11.2011

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