Brussels, 13/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU28 real agricultural income per worker decreased by 1.3% in 2013, after an increase of 0.3% in 2012, according to initial estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This decrease results from a fall in real agricultural income (2.1%), together with a reduction in agricultural labour input (0.9%).
According to estimates supplied by the member states, between 2005 and 2013, EU28 real agricultural income per worker increased by 29.2%, while agricultural labour input fell by 20.8%. The decrease in EU28 real agricultural income in 2013 is mainly the result of higher increase in real terms in input costs (+0.8%) than in the value of the output of the agricultural sector at producer prices (+0.1%). Real agricultural income per worker in 2013 is estimated to have risen in 15 member states and fallen in 13. The highest increases are expected in the Netherlands (11.4%), Romania (10.4%), Spain (10.0%) and Italy (8.9%), and the steepest decreases in Estonia (17.2%), France (16.4%), Croatia (16.2%) and Germany (10.0%). (LC/transl.fl)