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| Heltidsjordbruket i Sverige 2016 | JO 65 SM 1701 |
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publikationen (PDF)”. More people occupied
in full-time farming in 2016
The number
of Swedish full-time agricultural holdings (requiring at least 1 600
standardized work hours) amounted to 15 479 in 2016, a reduction by
5 % since 2013 and by 17 % since 2007. The share of full-time
holdings out of all agricultural holdings was 25 %, one percentage point
higher than in 2013 but a decrease when compared to 2007 when the corresponding
share was 28 %. Just shy of
63 000 people were occupied in the full-time agricultural holdings during
2016, corresponding to 37 % of all occupied people in the entirety of
Swedish farming. This is an increase of 3 000 people since the year 2013.
It also equates to a two percentage point larger share of the entire work force
occupied in agriculture. Full-time
holdings utilize a majority of the farmland
In 2016,
72 % of the Swedish farmland was utilized by the less than a quarter of
the agricultural holdings being full-time operations. This means that the
average agricultural area utilized by full-time holdings was almost eight times
larger than the area utilized by other agricultural holdings (140 vs. 18
hectares). The average
area of arable land utilized by
full-time holdings increased from 97 to 121 hectares between 2007 and 2016,
while the proportion of large full-time holdings (operations utilizing more
than 100 hectares of arable land) increased from 32 % of the full-time
holdings to 42 %. The shares
of full-time holdings owning their utilized land as opposed to leasing part or
all of the land remained relatively unchanged throughout the period 2007–2016.
In 2016, holdings leasing all of their land utilized on average 55 %
larger areas than holdings owning all of their land. Holdings utilizing both
owned and leased land utilized 23 % larger areas than holdings owning all
their land. Animal
husbandry remains the most common orientation
The most
common orientation of farming among the full-time holdings remained animal
husbandry throughout the entire period 2007–2016, although the share of
holdings tending livestock decreased by 24 % between 2007 and 2016. The
decrease in animal husbandry holdings was primarily due to a 47 % decrease
in the number of holdings tending dairy cattle. Despite the
decrease in number of full-time holdings at large, the number of full-time
holdings with other gainful activities increased throughout the period
2007–2016, reaching a share of 54 % of all full-time holdings in 2016. The average
full-time farmer is growing older
The average
full-time farmer has grown significantly older during the period, the share of
farmers older than 64 years rose from 10 to 18 %. A majority, 51 %, were
older than 54 years old in 2016, compared to 41 % in 2007. In 2016, 7 % of
business managers in full-time farming were women and that proportion is almost
unchanged compared to the year 2007. On average, female business managers were
somewhat younger than their male colleagues. Younger business managers of both
sexes on average tend to have a higher education than their older colleagues;
22 % of business managers aged 35–44 have a post-secondary education in
agriculture, compared to 12 % in the age group 55–64 years. In general,
business managers have a significantly higher average education level in
full-time holdings, than in other agricultural holdings. List of tables
2a. Number of full-time agricultural holdings by tenure, region and holding size, 2007 and 2010 2b. Number of full-time agricultural holdings by tenure, region and holding size, 2013 and 2016 4. Number of owners at privately held full-time agricultural holdings by gender and age, 2007–2016 7. Number of full-time agricultural holdings and arable land area by type of farming, 2007–2016 8. Number of full-time agricultural holdings by type of farming and tenure, 2007–2016 List of terms
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