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Eurostat, agricultural output in the EU up by 2.4% in 2019

Highest increases in Latvia (+21.1%) and Estonia (+16.1%)

17 November, 12:23
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 17 NOV - The economic accounts for agriculture show that total agricultural output in the European Union stood at 418 billion in basic prices in 2019, up by 2.4% compared with 2018, Eurostat said today.

With €77.0 bn (or about 18% of the EU total) in 2019, France had the highest total agricultural output among Member States, followed by Germany (€58.2 bn, or 14%), Italy (€57.8 bn, 14%) and Spain (€51.7 bn, 12%), the Netherlands (€29.1 bn, 7%), Poland (€26.4 bn, 6%) and Romania (€19.0 bn, or 5%), the EU statistical office informed.

In 2019, the highest increases of agricultural output were recorded in Latvia (+21.1%) and Estonia (+16.1%). In contrast, the value of agricultural output decreased the most in Slovenia (-3.3%) and Slovakia (-2.4%). Among the Member States with the largest agricultural industry, the value of total agricultural output increased by 10.6% in Germany, while it decreased slightly in France (-1.6%), Italy (-1.2%) and Spain (-0.9%), Eurostat said. (ANSA).

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