Published 16.9.2021
Agricultural Census 2020: Agricultural and horticultural labour force 2020 (provisional)
Published 16.9.2021
- In 2020, a total of 138,000 people worked in agriculture and horticulture, of whom roughly 65% were farmers and their family members.
- Agricultural and horticultural work made up approximately 70,000 annual work units (AWU) in 2020, of which farmers and their family members accounted for 65%.
- In 2020, one third of the agricultural and horticultural labour force were hired employees. The workload of hired employees has increased since 2016.
- A total of 21,000 foreign employees worked in agriculture and horticulture. Foreign employees accounted for one quarter of full-time and half of short-term employees.
- Since 2010, the number of agricultural and horticultural enterprises has decreased by 23%. At the same time, the number of people working in agriculture and horticulture has decreased by 25% and their workload by 10%. Instead, the volume of agricultural production has not decreased noticeably.
- Every other farmer has a degree in agriculture and more than 90% have a vocational degree.
- The preliminary results are published at a national level. The final results will also be published by region and production sector in the spring of 2022.
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Other tables related to the statistics
- Number of persons who worked in agricultural ang horticultural enterprises
- Agricultural and horticultural labour force 2000-2020
- Annual work performed in agricultural and horticultural enterprises
- Agricultural or horticultural education of the farm manager
- Vocational degree of farm manager (all vocational fields)
- Vocational education related to farm operations completed by farm manager
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