Results of the Agricultural Census 2020
(edition 2022)

Farms, land and land use

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According to the census data, as of 1 June 2020, there were 132.1 thousand farms producing agricultural products in Lithuania. Farms owned 3 million 85.9 thousand ha of land, of which 2 million 914.5 thousand ha – utilised agricultural land.

Over ten years, the number of farms in Lithuania decreased by 34 per cent, and since 2003 – by 51 per cent. Meanwhile, since 2010, the land area owned by farms increased by 2.7 per cent, utilised agricultural land area – by 6 per cent. In 2020, compared to 2003, the area of land increased by 9 per cent, utilized agricultural land area – by 17 per cent.

Change in the number of farms larger than 1 ha and utilised agricultural area

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Number of farms larger than 1 ha and utilised land, 2003–2020

	Number of farms, units	Area of agricultural land, ha
	Number of farms, units	Utilised agricultural land, total	Unutilised agricultural land, total	Wooded area	Other land
2020	132,076	2,914,547	16,518	110,890	43,912
2016	150,317	2,924,604	21,801	159,391	59,904
2013	171,797	2,861,248	28,853	162,449	72,815
2010	199,913	2,742,558	21,356	151,251	82,637
2007	230,272	2,648,949	10,893	163,515	84,800
2005	252,946	2,792,039	21,948	193,175	108,849
2003	272,111	2,490,958	46,328	203,405	86,099

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The 2020 Census showed that farmers’ and family farms made up 99.4 per cent of all active farms and owned the major part (86.3 per cent) of agricultural land. Agricultural companies and enterprises, which accounted for just 0.6 per cent of all farms, owned 13.7 per cent of agricultural land.

Categories of farms larger than 1 ha and their land area by type

		Area of agricultural land, ha
		Utilised agricultural land, total	Unutilised agricultural land, total	Wooded area	Other land
All farms larger than 1 ha	2020	2,914,547	16,518	110,890	43,912
All farms larger than 1 ha	2010	2,742,558	21,356	151,251	82,637
Farmers' and family farms	2020	2,517,754	11,052	107,103	37,716
Farmers' and family farms	2010	2,374,756	19,068	149,628	75,938
Agricultural companies and enterprises	2020	396,793	5,466	3,787	6,196
Agricultural companies and enterprises	2010	367,802	2,288	1,623	6,699
Agricultural companies	2020	233,788	237	•	1,773
Agricultural companies	2010	239,900	506	506	2,889
Individual enterprises	2020	2,539	•	•	•
Individual enterprises	2010	5,461	•	8	14
Public, private, investment companies	2020	121,073	4,536	2,388	4,139
Public, private, investment companies	2010	92,758	1,399	982	2,536
Cooperative companies	2020	30,102	155	•	•
Cooperative companies	2010	21,143	41	10	149
State and other enterprises	2020	9,291	538	1,196	205
State and other enterprises	2010	8,540	342	117	1,111

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Over the decade, the largest decrease was observed in the number of farms with the utilised agricultural area of 2–5 ha, 1–2 ha and 5–10 ha (compared to 2010, by 52, 48 and 34 per cent respectively). In 2020, there were 5.8 thousand large farms (with more than 100 ha of agricultural area); they made up 4 per cent of all farms and owned more than half of the total utilised agricultural area. In 2010, there were 3.8 thousand such farms, which made up 2 per cent of all farms and owned 42 per cent of the total utilised agricultural area.

Farms larger than 1 ha by utilised agricultural area, 2020

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Farms larger than 1 ha by area of utilised agricultural land

	Number of farms, units		Area of agricultural land, ha
	Number of farms, units		Utilised agricultural land, total		Arable land		Meadows and pastures		Orchards and berry plantations
	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020
All farms	199,913	132,076	2,742,558	2,914,547	2,114,821	2,237,321	605,873	650,322	20,116	19,525
Less than 1 ha	1,151	9,335	393	1,817	184	1,057	149	275	52	455
1–2 ha	31,419	16,365	46,194	24,377	23,102	10,713	21,759	12,755	1,279	820
2–5 ha	84,829	40,555	266,009	130,802	137,688	56,991	124,163	70,981	3,942	2,489
5–10 ha	39,897	26,288	276,810	185,904	154,243	89,653	119,243	93,460	3,053	2,342
10–20 ha	21,473	17,065	296,009	238,946	189,359	131,836	103,966	104,149	2,384	2,491
20–30 ha	6,638	6,156	160,596	150,670	115,146	89,505	43,924	58,986	1,305	1,480
30–50 ha	5,874	5,097	228,094	196,077	179,556	128,615	46,739	64,863	1,584	2,182
50–100 ha	4,830	5,424	328,409	384,802	275,440	289,052	50,844	92,982	1,913	2,256
100–200 ha	2,198	3,325	302,392	463,394	261,780	392,472	38,341	67,584	2,181	2,694
200–300 ha	682	1,165	164,739	281,194	148,103	250,605	15,769	28,791	853	1,221
300–400 ha	319	479	109,768	165,068	101,228	150,416	7,458	14,013	972	637
400–500 ha	173	295	76,889	133,147	69,937	123,437	6,665	8,822	286	279
More than 500 ha	430	527	486,256	558,349	459,055	522,969	26,853	32,659	312	177

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The 2020 Census results showed that, in terms of the form of ownership, private utilised agricultural land made up about 57 per cent, leased land – 40 per cent, other land – 3 per cent of the utilised agricultural area. Farmers owned more private (53 per cent) than leased (30 per cent) land, while agricultural companies and enterprises, on the contrary, owned more leased (10 per cent) than private (4 per cent) land.

Agricultural crops of farms larger than 1 ha in counties

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Utilised agricultural area by form of ownership, 2020

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Utilised agricultural land of farms larger than 1 ha by form of ownership

	Utilised agricultural land area, ha
	Farms of all types		Farmers' and family farms		Agricultural companies and enterprises
	2016	2020	2016	2020	2016	2020
Total by type of ownership	2,924,604	2,914,547	2,529,800	2,517,754	394,804	396,793
Private land	1,598,777	1,663,207	1,504,149	1,554,533	94,628	108,674
Leased land	1,288,400	1,167,381	994,760	887,304	293,641	280,078
Other than the indicated	37,426	83,959	30,891	75,918	6,535	8,041

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The average farm size (by area of agricultural land) increased from 13.8 hectares in 2010 to 22.2 hectares in 2020.

Average size and number of farms larger than 1 ha, 2003–2020

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In 2020 compared to 2010, the average size of a farmer’s or family farm, in terms of agricultural area, increased from 12 to 19.3 ha, of an agricultural company or enterprise – decreased from 572.9 to 500.3 ha.

Average size of a farm lager than 1 ha in terms of agricultural area, 2010 and 2020

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In 2020, arable land of farms larger than 1 ha made up about 77 per cent of the total utilised agricultural area, permanent grassland and meadows – about 22 per cent, fruit and berry plantations – 1 per cent, area under nurseries and other permanent crops – less than 1 per cent.

Distribution of utilised agricultural area, 2020

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Use of utilised agricultural land on farms larger than 1 ha

	Utilised agricultural land area, ha
	Farms of all types		Farmers' and family farms		Agricultural companies and enterprises
	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020
Utilised agricultural area	2,742,558	2,914,547	2,374,756	2,517,754	367,802	396,793
Arable land	2,114,821	2,237,321	1,774,688	1,873,969	340,133	363,352
Sown area	1,996,043	2,175,877	1,671,157	1,819,419	324,886	356,458
Fallows	118,778	61,444	103,531	54,550	15,247	6,894
Meadows and natural pastures	605,873	650,322	580,642	623,385	25,231	26,937
Orchards and berry plantations	20,269	20,725	18,169	18,723	2,100	2,002
Nurseries and other permanent crops	1,283	6,179	994	1,677	289	4,502
Greenhouses	312	×	263	×	49	×

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In 2020, on farmers’ and family farms, men accounted for more than half (55 per cent), women – for 45 per cent of all farmers (farm owners).

Use of agricultural land on farmers’ and family farms by sex of the farm holder, 2020

	Number of farms, units			Utilised agricultural land area, ha
	Males and females	Males	Females	Males and females	Males	Females
Utilised agricultural land, total	129,602	70,712	58,890	2,517,754	1,839,567	678,187
Arable land	119,583	65,983	53,600	1,873,969	1,449,561	424,408
Sown area	119,295	65,832	53,463	1,819,419	1,407,661	411,758
Fallows	15,773	10,726	5,047	54,550	41,900	12,650
Meadows and pastures	97,102	51,774	45,328	623,385	377,224	246,161
Pome, stone fruits and berries	57,005	30,887	26,118	17,525	10,826	6,699
Walnuts	4,092	2,352	1,740	1,199	732	467
Nurseries	626	361	265	314	231	83
Pip, stone fruit trees and berries	472	282	190	1,362	993	369

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Average per farmers’ or family farm, 2020

Average per agricultural company and enterprise, 2020

In the EU, farms are grouped into 14 classes by economic size. The first – lowest – class includes farms with the economic size smaller than EUR 2,000. About 39 per cent of Lithuania’s farms are classified under this class. The thirteenth and fourteenth class – of the largest farms – includes farms with the economic size equal to or larger than EUR 1.5 million. There are just 108 such farms in Lithuania – mainly agricultural companies and enterprises.

Number and standard output of farms larger than 1 ha by economic size class, 2020*

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Number and standard output of farms larger than 1 ha by economic size class of farms, 2020*

Classe by economic size	Number of farms, units			Utilised agricultural land area, thousand ha			Standard production, EUR thousand
Classe by economic size	Farms of all types	Farmers' and family farms	Agricultural companies and enterprises	Farms of all types	Farmers' and family farms	Agricultural companies and enterprises	Farms of all types	Farmers' and family farms	Agricultural companies and enterprises
I–XIV	132,076	131,272	804	2,914.5	2,517.8	396.8	2,299,322.5	1,791,321.6	508,000.9
I	51,746	51,704	42	160.9	160.6	0.3	50,192.1	50,155.9	36.3
II	25,477	25,462	15	129.9	129.6	0.4	72,914.9	72,870.6	44.3
III	21,882	21,838	44	196.2	194.8	1.4	124,262.9	123,988.6	274.3
IV	13,803	13,740	63	227.1	224.6	2.4	149,433.1	148,736.4	696.7
V	5,544	5,489	55	166.3	163.1	3.2	105,680.9	104,609.4	1,071.5
VI	5,519	5,443	76	297.4	290.0	7.4	196,851.3	194,036.1	2,815.2
VII	4,101	4,018	83	408.2	394.5	13.7	288,967.4	283,102.0	5,865.4
VIII	2,793	2,685	108	554.0	527.1	26.9	426,514.8	409,093.6	17,421.2
IX	759	673	86	306.8	264.8	42.0	255,920.7	224,987.4	30,933.2
X	192	146	46	131.5	97.2	34.3	115,869.2	87,795.2	28,074.1
XI	78	34	44	70.6	29.7	41.0	67,351.8	28,805.8	38,546.1
XII	74	26	48	86.2	25.8	60.4	91,791.2	32,143.6	59,647.6
XIII–XIV	108	14	94	179.3	16.0	163.3	353,572.2	30,997.0	322,575.0

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In 2020, according to the 2020 Census data, the value of standard output produced by all farms larger than 1 ha totalled EUR 2 billion 299.3 million. The major part (78 per cent) of the total standard output was produced by farmers’ and family farms.

In 2020, in terms of type of farming, farms engaged only in crop production and growing cereals, oil, leguminous, root crops, field vegetables and other crops accounted for the major proportion (43 per cent).

Number and standard output of farms larger than 1 ha by type of farming, 2020*

Number of farms, thousand	Standard production, EUR million

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Farms larger than 1 ha by type of farming, agricultural land and standard output, 2020*

	Number of farms, units	Standard production,EUR thousand
All farming types farms	132,076	2,299,322.5
Fieldcrops	54,565	1,165,197.8
Horticulture	5,757	40,543.0
Permanentcrops	1,165	14,439.1
Grazinglivestock	19,634	451,822.3
Granivores	892	163,898.3
Mixedcropping	21,044	61,601.7
Mixedlivestockfarming	2,981	24,521.3
Mixed cropping and livestock farming	25,965	377,299.0
Non-classifiedfarms	73	-

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Standard production in farms larger than 1 ha by all farming types in counties, 2020*

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Other profitable (non-agricultural) activities on farms larger than 1 ha

	Farms of all types, units		Farmers' and family farms, units		Agricultural companies and enterprises, units
	2010	2020	2010	2020	2010	2020
Total other profitable (non-agricultural) activities	1,507	1,976	1,363	1,721	144	255
Rural tourism	351	361	347	350	4	11
Handicraft	102	84	102	•	•	•
Provision of health, social or educational services	•	38	•	18	•	20
Processing of farm production	169	225	147	194	22	31
Wood and wooden ware production	111	94	106	•	5	•
Forestry	198	395	193	385	5	10
Aquaculture	16	•	12	•	4	5
Renewable energy production (for sale)	10	78	10	68	•	10
Contractual work (agricultural)	92	110	69	53	23	57
Contractual work (non-agricultural)	16	38	8	25	8	13
Other activities	513	643	423	493	90	150

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