The average size of agricultural land on a farm in the country in 2024 is 11.59 ha – reports ARiMR.
It is therefore slightly higher than last year and in previous years. For comparison, in 2023 it was calculated at 11.42 ha, in 2022 it was 11.32 ha, five years ago, i.e. in 2019 it was 10.95 ha, and ten years ago, i.e. in 2013 – 10.42 ha.
The average area of agricultural land per farm in the country was calculated as the quotient of the area of agricultural land declared as agricultural plots in applications for direct payments for 2024 and the number of farmers who submitted applications for direct payments in 2024.
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So what are these values? The declared area of agricultural plots in applications for direct payments for 2024 is 14,046,307.93 ha, i.e. almost 80 thousand ha less than a year ago. 1,209,761 farmers are applying for subsidies, i.e. about 27 thousand less than in 2023 – according to ARiMR data.
Number of applying farmers along with declared area under direct payments PS CAP 2023-2027 in the 2024 Campaign – as of 11 September 2024.
Number of farmers Declared area for payments [ha] Lower Silesia 46,902,864,574.93 Kuyavian-Pomeranian 55,299 1,027,041.01 Lublin 157,210 1,345,279.44 Lubuskie 17,416,401,556.66 Łódź 109,386,932,674.93 Lesser Poland 105,667,481,098.42 Mazovia 189,459 1,830,379.63 Opole 24,612,499,935.73 Subcarpathia 101,667,528,874.79 Podlaskie 75,654 1,025,473.35 Pomerania 35,143,727,521.10 Silesia 41,324,354,201.58 Świętokrzyskie 75,303,478,074.77 Warmian -Masurian 40,301,970,302.73 Greater Poland 108,572 1,724,998.92 West Pomerania 25,846,854,319.94 TOTAL 1,209,761 14,046,307.93
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Average size of agricultural land area in a farm in 2024 in voivodeships
The average area of agricultural land on a farm in individual voivodeships was calculated as the quotient of the area of agricultural land declared as agricultural plots in applications for direct payments for 2024, located on cadastral plots in a particular voivodeship, and the number of farmers declaring agricultural plots in that voivodeship.
Average size of agricultural land on the farm in 2024 (in ha):
Average size of agricultural land area
on the farm in 2024 (in ha)
Lower Silesia 18.60 Kuyavian-Pomeranian 17.66 Lublin 8.34 Lubusz 23.67 Łódź 8.25 Lesser Poland 4.36 Masovian 9.05 Opole 20.13 Subcarpathian 5.21 Podlaskie 12.96 Pomeranian 20.64 Silesian 8.60 Świętokrzyskie 6.13 Warmian-Masurian 24.14 Greater Poland 14.72 West Pomeranian 33.50
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