Key variables by legal status of holding, size of farm (UAA) and NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
17
Highest
27.67 million
Metropolitan France
Lowest
130,880
Luxembourg
Median
3.47 million
Years covered
18
1990–2007
Data points
983
What the numbers show
Key variables by legal status of holding, size of farm (UAA) and NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 27.67 million in Metropolitan France; the lowest is 130,880 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.47 million, and the mean is 8.40 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 211.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 16.5%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 14.1%).
Key variables by legal status of holding, size of farm (UAA) and NUTS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan France | 27.67 million | 2003 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Spain | 24.89 million | 2007 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 3 | Germany | 16.93 million | 2007 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.13 million | 2007 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 16.13 million | 2007 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Italy | 12.74 million | 2007 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 7 | Ireland | 4.14 million | 2007 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 8 | Greece | 4.08 million | 2007 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 3.47 million | 2007 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 3.19 million | 2007 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 11 | Sweden | 3.12 million | 2007 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 2.66 million | 2007 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Finland | 2.29 million | 2007 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1.91 million | 2007 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1.91 million | 2007 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 16 | Belgium | 1.37 million | 2007 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 130,880 | 2007 | up 3.4% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Castilla y León 5.47 million
- Scotland (NUTS 2021) 4.92 million
- Andalucía 4.51 million
- Castilla-La Mancha 4.47 million
- Bayern 3.21 million
- Extremadura 2.70 million
- Niedersachsen 2.62 million
- Aragón 2.40 million
- Midi-Pyrénées (NUTS 2013) 2.34 million
- Centre (FR) (NUTS 2013) 2.30 million
- Pays de la Loire (NUTS 2013) 2.17 million
- Bourgogne (NUTS 2013) 1.76 million
- Poitou-Charentes (NUTS 2013) 1.72 million
- South West (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.71 million
- Bretagne (NUTS 2013) 1.66 million
- Champagne-Ardenne (NUTS 2013) 1.57 million
- Nordrhein-Westfalen 1.51 million
- Auvergne (NUTS 2013) 1.50 million
- Rhône-Alpes (NUTS 2013) 1.48 million
- Baden-Württemberg 1.44 million
- Aquitaine (NUTS 2013) 1.41 million
- Wales (NUTS 2021) 1.40 million
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1.35 million
- Brandenburg 1.33 million
- Picardie (NUTS 2013) 1.32 million
- Sicilia 1.25 million
- Basse-Normandie (NUTS 2013) 1.22 million
- Puglia 1.20 million
- East Midlands (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.18 million
- Sachsen-Anhalt 1.17 million
- Cataluña 1.17 million
- Lorraine (NUTS 2013) 1.13 million
- Sardegna 1.07 million
- Yorkshire and The Humber (NUTS 2021) 1.06 million
- Emilia-Romagna (NUTS 2006) 1.05 million
- Piemonte 1.04 million
- Northern Ireland (UK) (NUTS 2021) 1.01 million
- Lombardia 995,320
- Schleswig-Holstein 990,720
- Languedoc-Roussillon (NUTS 2013) 942,970