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Updated: April 23, 2002

 
Data: Demography
Age of farmers in % of all farmers

Source:

 Eurostat Yearbook 98/99. A statistical eye on Europe 1987 - 1997. Brussels, Luxembourg, 1999. (European Communities), p. 345

Note:

 Data for Hungary, Czech Republic, and Poland will be added later.
This chart illustrates the very strong aging among farm managers in most countries of the European Union. Aging among the agricultural population is much stronger than in the non-agricultural population.
Almost two thirds (64%) of all farmers in Italy and Portugal are older than 55 years. More than one third (36%) of all farmers in Italy are even older than 65 years. This aging process among farm managers is much stronger than in the overall population. Among farmers in the European Union 26% are age 65 and older - among the general population in the EU the percentage is just 15.8%.

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