Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises 2017

There were a total of 48,562 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland in 2017. The number of farms dropped by approximately 1,000 on the year 2016.
The average utilised agricultural area of the farms was 47 hectares.
The average age of farmers on privately owned farms was 52 years.
About 86 per cent of farms were family-run farms and nine per cent were farming syndicates, less than three per cent were heirs, and less than two per cent were limited companies.
Approximately 9 per cent of all farmers on privately owned farms are under the age of 35, and 27 per cent are over the age of 60.
Nearly 70 % of farms have plant production as their primary production line, and nearly 30 per cent of farms are classified as livestock farms. The rest of Finnish farms are mixed farms with no clear primary production line.