Key figures on the European meals chain – 2025 version, printed in December, traces the journey of our meals from farm to fork. The publication covers the complete meals chain, together with manufacturing, processing, distribution, worldwide commerce, consumption and environmental issues. Immediately, we deal with the worth added by agriculture.
In 2024, worth added from the EU’s agricultural trade amounted to 1.2% of gross home product (GDP), which was 0.1 proportion factors (pp) increased than in 2009.
The ratio of the agricultural trade’s worth added to GDP was notably increased in Greece (3.2%), Romania (2.5%) and Spain (2.3%) than in different EU international locations; Bulgaria, Italy and Croatia recorded the subsequent highest ratios, all at 1.8%. In 12 EU international locations, the agricultural trade’s worth added accounted for lower than 1.0% of GDP, with the bottom ratios recorded in Luxembourg and Malta (each 0.2%).
Between 2009 and 2024, the ratio of agricultural worth added to GDP elevated in 15 EU international locations. Greece (up 0.9 pp), Latvia (up 0.6 pp) and Spain (up 0.5 pp) noticed the most important will increase. Against this, the relative weight of the agricultural trade declined most sharply in Romania (down 2.2 pp), Bulgaria (down 1.4 pp), Malta and Croatia (each down 0.7 pp).
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Supply datasets: aact_eaa01 and nama_10_gdp
The Key figures on the European meals chain – 2025 version gives important information on the EU and permits you to evaluate developments throughout EU and EFTA international locations. For a extra detailed view of the EU’s efficiency in different fields, discover different Key figures publications.
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