EU agriculture reaches record value in 2025
Production value rose to €558.7 billion, mainly due to the higher value of animal production.
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The value of agricultural production in the European Union rose to €558.7 billion in 2025. Eurostat calls this a record, but it is a value at basic prices, not a measure of real production or farmers’ incomes.
Production value was 4.8 per cent higher than in 2024, when Eurostat recorded €532.9 billion. These economic accounts include the value of crops, animals, animal products, agricultural services and some ancillary activities.
Almost half of the total value came from crops: €273.2 billion, or 48.9 per cent. Animal products and animals accounted for €238.2 billion, 42.6 per cent of the total. Agricultural services and secondary activities contributed €47.3 billion.
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| EU | |
|---|---|
| Crops | 273.2mld € |
| Animals and animal products | 238.2mld € |
| Services and secondary activities | 47.3mld € |
The increase did not come from everywhere. The value of crop production rose by 1.6 per cent, while the value of animal production increased by 9.2 per cent. Total production value rose in 22 of the 27 EU countries. Romania recorded the strongest increase, at 13.6 per cent; Greece and Cyprus reported declines.
The figure is nominal: higher selling prices can increase value without farmers producing more. Eurostat also reports that the cost of goods and services used in the production process rose by 1.8 per cent in 2025, to €309.1 billion. Gross value added came to €249.5 billion, 8.8 per cent more than a year earlier.
The figures therefore do not directly show how much profit agricultural businesses made or what consumers paid for food. Nor do they provide a separate per-capita figure in the same publication. For farmers, prices, input costs, subsidies and the scale of the business are particularly important; for food companies and retailers, the figures signal the size of the European agricultural market, not automatically lower shop prices.
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Both sides of the figures
▲ Bright spots
- According to Eurostat, gross value added in EU agriculture rose by 8.8 per cent in 2025, to €249.5 billion.
- Production value increased in 22 of the 27 EU countries.
▼ Concerns
- The cost of goods and services used in production rose by 1.8 per cent, to €309.1 billion.
- Production value is nominal; a higher value does not automatically mean more production or higher profits.
Critical note
The record is based on values at basic prices and may therefore be partly due to price changes. Eurostat gives no per-capita growth figure in this publication. The figure measures agricultural production value, not income or consumption per person.
Who notices what
- Businesses
- Agricultural businesses are seeing a higher market value, but their margins depend on selling prices, input costs, subsidies and production volume.
- Households
- The rising production value does not mean that food is becoming cheaper; the publication provides no consumer-price measure for this.
- Government
- The figures provide input for European agricultural policy, but do not by themselves show which businesses need support.
Every point comes from the article’s sources and was included in the fact check.
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All the amounts, percentages and country comparisons mentioned appear in the Eurostat publication. The text makes clear that these are nominal values at basic prices and avoids drawing a conclusion about profit or real production.
- confirmed The value of EU agricultural production was €558.7 billion in 2025. — Eurostat, economic accounts for agriculture. source
- confirmed The value rose by 4.8 per cent compared with 2024. — Eurostat reports €532.9 billion for 2024 and an increase of 4.8 per cent. source
- confirmed The cost of intermediate consumption rose by 1.8 per cent to €309.1 billion. — Mentioned in Eurostat’s publication on the agricultural sector. source
Editor's note
Eurostat published nominal values at basic prices. The figures do not separately show how much of the increase was due to prices, volumes, subsidies or composition.Sources
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