EU28 real agricultural income per worker has decreased by 1.3% in 2013, after an increase of 0.3% in 2012, according to first estimates issued by 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%). These estimates for the EU28 are based on data supplied by the national authorities in the Member States.

Between 2005 and 2013, EU28 real agricultural income per worker is estimated to have increased by 29.2%, while agricultural labour input has fallen 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 fifteen Member States and fallen in thirteen. 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%).

In 2013, the value of EU28 agricultural output at producer prices is estimated to have increased by 0.1%, mainly due to an increase in real terms in the value of animal output (+1.5%) and a decrease in the value of crop production (-1.1%).

The fall in the value of crop production is due to a decrease in prices (-3.7%), partly counterbalanced by an increase in volume (+2.7%). Volumes fell for olive oil (-30.6%), sugar beet (-4.5%), fresh vegetables (-1.7%) and plant & flowers (-1.1%), but rose for potatoes (+1.1%), cereals (+6.1%), oilseeds (+6.6%), fruits (+6.9%) and wine (+7.2%). Prices declined for oilseeds (-15.4%), cereals (-13.7%), sugar beet (-2.9%) and plants & flowers (-1.8%), while they rose for fresh vegetables (+1.1%), fruits (+2.3%), wine (+2.8%), potatoes (+15.2%) and olive oil (+20.5%).

The increase in the value of animal production is due to an increase in prices (+1.6%) while volume remained stable. Volumes fell for sheep & goats (-2.2%), cattle (-0.9%) and pigs (-0.7%), but rose for milk (+0.1%), poultry (+0.9%) and eggs (+3.7%). Prices fell for eggs (-17.2%) and sheep & goats (-2.7%), while they rose for cattle (+0.8%), pigs (+1.7%), poultry (+2.7%) and milk (+5.8%).
EU28 agricultural input costs (intermediate consumption) are estimated to have risen by 0.8% in real terms, mainly due to an increase in value for feedingstuffs (+1.0%), maintenance of materials (+2.0%) and seeds & planting stocks (+2.5%).