For example: Of the world’s bovines, 15 percent are in Brazil and 13 percent in India. China has about half of the world’s pigs and a quarter of the chickens. Of the world’s horses, 16 percent are in the United States, 12% in China, 11% in Mexico, and 10% in Brazil. Half of all the world’s horses are on the American continent.

How many farms are there in Finland?

In 2008, the total number of farms in Finland was 65,802, of which two-thirds had crop production as their main line of production, with one-third concentrating on animal production. About 43 percent of the farms had less than 20 hectares of arable fields, and about a fifth had more than 50 hectares. The average area of arable fields per farm was about 35 hectares.

What is the average age of Finnish farmers?

The average age of farmers in 2008 was 49.9 years. Almost half of the farmers were aged 45–59, with 9 percent under 35.

What crops are grown in Finland?

Of Finland’s roughly 2.3 million hectares of arable field, 53 percent were under cereals in 2009 and 28 percent under grasses. Other crop plants accounted for 8 percent and 10 percent were left fallow.

How many cows are there in Finland?

In 2008, there were about 290,000 dairy cows in Finland, almost 1.5 million pigs, 3.2 million heads of chickens, 122,000 sheep, 5,900 goats, and 69,000 horses.

How much milk is produced in Finland?

Milk production in 2008 totalled 2,244 million litres, of which a good half in the areas of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. Meat production reached an all-time high in Finland in 2008, totalling 400 million kilograms. Of this quantity, 54 percent was pork, 20 percent beef, and 25 percent poultry meat.

How many people are employed in agriculture?

In 2008, an average of 6 percent of the labour force in employment worked in agriculture and 25 percent in industry in the EU countries.

Yearbook collects agricultural statistics together

The Yearbook of Farm Statistics collects together Finland’s most important statistics on agriculture and those closely related to the agricultural sector, mostly from the year 2008. In addition, the publication contains time series going back as far as 1970, as well as some of the main international agricultural statistics.

As well as Tike’s own statistical data, the Yearbook also includes agricultural statistics compiled by other organisations and key international agricultural data. The publication has 268 pages in three languages (Finnish, Swedish and English).

Further information on the Yearbook of Farm Statistics from Actuary Tarja Kortesmaa, tel. +358 (0)20 77 21372, email firstname.lastname@mmmtike.fi.

Price and ordering information

The cost of the Yearbook of Farm Statistics is 60 euros (incl. VAT), and it may be ordered by telephone from Tike Information Service, tel. +358 (0)20 77 21 219 or by email from tilastojulkaisut@mmmtike.fi.