Structure of agricultural and horticultural enterprises 2019

There were a total of 46,827 agricultural and horticultural enterprises in Finland in 2019. The number of farms dropped by approximately 800 on the year 2018.
The average utilised agricultural area of the farms was 49 hectares.
The average field area was the highest in Southwest Finland (60 hectares) and the lowest in Southern Savonia (32 hectares).
The average age of farmers was 53 years.
Some 86 per cent of all farms were family-run, nine per cent were farming syndicates, while farms owned by heirs and limited liability farms represented two per cent each.
Approximately 8 per cent of all farmers on privately owned farms are under the age of 35, and 30 per cent are over the age of 60.
Nearly 70 % of farms have plant production as their primary production line, and 26 per cent of farms are classified as livestock farms. The rest of Finnish farms are mixed farms with no clear primary production line.