Poznań: Eurostat reported on 11 November 2026 that the EU’s agricultural output value reached a record €562.5 billion in 2025. The figure, measured at basic prices, sits 5.8% above the 2024 level and 3.8% above the previous peak in 2022, when energy and fertiliser shocks pushed prices to unusual heights.

Volume drove more of the rise in agricultural output value than price. Eurostat estimates that farm output volumes rose 3.1% in 2025, while the nominal price of agricultural goods and services climbed 2.6%. That mix matters for consumers and for the Common Agricultural Policy, because it suggests farms produced more rather than simply charging more.

Crops supplied €275.5 billion of the agricultural output value, or 49.0%, and animals and animal products added €240.6 billion, or 42.8%. Agricultural services and inseparable non-agricultural activities, such as farm tourism or processing on the holding, made up the remaining 8.3%. Vegetables, horticultural plants and cereals remained the most valuable crops, while milk, cattle and pigs led animal production.

Four countries still dominate the agricultural output value of the bloc. France generated €90.8 billion, Germany €78.7 billion, Spain €73.9 billion and Italy €73.6 billion, together 56.4% of EU output. Poland followed with €45.5 billion, the Netherlands with €42.1 billion and Romania with €23.4 billion, and these seven countries delivered 76.1% of the total.

The fastest growth came from the east. Romania increased its output by 15.6% and Poland by 15.2%, ahead of Czechia at 12.6%, Ireland at 12.2% and Estonia and Slovakia at 11.9% each. Only Malta, Greece and Cyprus recorded declines, of 0.7%, 2.5% and 3.2% respectively.

Costs rose more slowly than revenue. Intermediate consumption reached €310.8 billion, up 2.3%, so gross value added jumped an estimated 10.5% to €251.8 billion. Input prices barely moved overall, at +0.4%, although fertilisers and soil improvers cost 5.5% more while energy, seeds and animal feed became cheaper.

Farm incomes followed the higher agricultural output value upward. Eurostat’s Indicator A, which tracks real factor income per annual work unit, rose 9.2% across the EU and now stands 30.8% above its 2015 level. Estonia led with a 41.0% jump, followed by Luxembourg, Romania, Poland and Lithuania, while Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria saw incomes fall.

Part of that per-worker gain reflects a shrinking workforce. Labour input fell 2.2% in 2025 to 7.4 million full-time equivalents, and Romania alone cut its farm labour by 11.7%. Since 2010, EU agriculture has shed about 3.0 million full-time workers, an average decline of 2.3% a year, according to the Eurostat performance of the agricultural sector article.

The data land as ministers and MEPs negotiate the post-2027 CAP and the 2028-2034 budget. A record agricultural output value strengthens the hand of those who see a resilient sector, yet the uneven income picture in southern member states and the steady loss of farm workers give reformers clear targets for the next funding period.