Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

Farms

By size of arable land area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
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	12 897	12 225
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	22 327	20 814
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	11 610	11 094
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	10 809	10 661
100 ha–	1 665	1 832	2 041	2 230	2 416	2 729	2 938	3 135	3 320	3 593	3 798	3 941	4 248
Total	79 783	77 320	75 474	73 714	72 054	69 517	69 071	66 938	65 802	64 175	62 767	61 584	59 042

Land use	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
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	2 290	2 280
– rented fields	687	712	729	735	746	764	764	775	780	792	798	761	747
– 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	2 275	2 268
Meadow and pasture¹⁾	21	20	20	20	20	21	22	20	20	20	19	19	17
Productive forest	3 581	3 490	3 429	3 366	3 322	3 261	3 258	3 197	3 141	3 110	3 098	3 076	2 992
Other land	1 145	1 118	1 013	985	966	937	931	908	885	868	803	790	835
Total	6 959	6 845	6 690	6 607	6 551	6 502	6 502	6 412	6 335	6 288	6 206	6 175	6 125

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	37,4	38,9
1) Only used meadows and pastures, and grazing land

Source: Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat1.xls

Last updated: 16.4.2013

Livestock ¹⁾

	1938	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
	1 000
Cattle	1 940	1 922	1 873	1 738	1 360	1 057	959	949	927	915	918	926	914	913
Pigs	531	483	1 047	1 451	1 394	1 296	1 401	1 436	1 448	1 483	1 381	1 367	1 335	1 290
Poultry²⁾	2 779	5 778	8 264	8 476	6 477	4 024	4 081	3 947	3 898	4 056	3 785	4 232	4 050	3 916
Sheep	956	341	189	106	103	100	87	117	119	122	I 118	126	129	130
Horses	390	251	90	34	44	58	64	66	68	69	72	74	76	. .
Reindeer	205	181	118	186	239	203	207	198	193	195	193	194	196	192
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

Source: Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat2.xls

Last updated: 16.4.2013

Self-sufficiency in foodstuffs

Production as % of consumption
Product group	1970	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Cereals	114	70	175	103	92	94	104	115	102	96	116	114	114	97	123	114
Dairy products, fluids	. .	129	122	112	112	115	112	109	109	106	102	102	101	99	96	93
Dairy products, fats	126	130	143	132	135	138	135	134	133	132	129	125	124	121	112	108
Beef	110	102	109	93	97	98	100	94	89	90	90	85	86	83	83	80
Pork	111	119	114	101	105	111	112	112	116	115	115	116	112	109	103	99
Poultry meat	97	106	99	93	100	103	102	104	103	106	102	109	102	99	103	106
Eggs	136	149	136	114	113	110	116	119	119	116	116	117	106	117	116	111
Sugar	27	61	91	71	71	82	82	70	92	65	47	33	44	46	57	35

Source: TNS Gallup Food and Farm Facts

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat4.xls

Last updated: 17.4.2013

Agricultural production

Crop yield	Unit	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Wheat	mil. kg	368	409	357	627	538	801	684	797	788	887	724	975	887
Rye	mil. kg	186	131	124	244	108	32	51	87	61	42	69	78	64
Barley	mil. kg	440	933	1 534	1 720	1 985	2 103	1 972	1 984	2 129	2 171	1 340	1 514	1 581
Oats	mil. kg	1 109	1 330	1 258	1 662	1 413	1 073	1 029	1 222	1 213	1 115	810	1 043	1 073
Potatoes	mil. kg	1 717	1 136	736	881	785	743	576	702	684	755	659	673	490
Sugar beets	mil. kg	411	431	900	1 125	1 046	1 181	952	673	468	559	542	676	399

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	3 850	3 900
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	2 910	3 090
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	3 510	3 500
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	3 390	3 420
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	27 580	23 650
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	48 010	34 790

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	2 190	2 188
Butter	mil. kg	89	86	74	56	55	50	50	48	47	48	l 46	42	41
Cheese	mil. kg	31	41	73	88	93	91	95	l 94	100	97	101	100	92
Beef	mil. kg	72	106	114	118	91	87	87	89	82	l 82	83	84	81
Pork	mil. kg	54	106	169	187	173	204	208	213	217	206	203	202	193
Poultry meat	mil. kg	1	4	15	33	64	87	88	95	101	95	96	101	107
Eggs	mil. kg	43	65	79	76	59	I 58	57	57	58	54	62	63	62
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Source: Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Table in Excel format suoluk_maat3.xls

Last updated: 16.4.2013

Forest statistics

Increment and drain of the growing stock			Commercial roundwood production
	Increment	Drain		Total ¹⁾	Logs	Pulpwood
	mil. m³ per year			mil. m³
1970–74	58	55	2000	55,9	28,3	27,6
1975–79	67	46	2001	53,3	25,4	27,8
1980–84	73	53	2002	54,2	25,9	28,2
1985–89	78	55	2003	55,0	26,8	28,2
1990–94	82	53	2004	55,1	26,4	28,6
1995–99	87	65	2005	52,6	24,4	28,2
2000–04	96	70	2006	50,8	23,7	27,0
2005–09	103	67	2007	57,7	28,0	29,7
2010–12	104	71	2008	51,7	21,5	30,1
			2009	41,4	16,8	24,2
			2010	52,0	21,6	30,0
			2011	52,4	21,8	29,9
			2012	51,5	21,4	29,3
Forestry land (incl. protected areas) in 2007–2011 totalled 26 179 000 ha, of which 52.9% was owned privately, 7.5% by companies, 34.7% by the state and 4.8% by others. The volume of growing stock was 2 269 mil. m³, of which 49.7% was pine, 30.2% spruce and 20.1% non-coniferous. m³ = cubic metre, solid volume over bark 1) Contains a low amount of firewood

Source: Finnish Forest Research Institute

Table in Excel format suoluk_mets1.xls

Last updated 10.6.2013

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Farms

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Self-sufficiency in foodstuffs

Agricultural production

Forest statistics

Livestock ¹⁾