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Environmental indicator

Agricultural production

Index of agricultural production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)

103

104

105

106

104

100

105

104

100

Index of crop production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)

102

103

105

103

104

106

101

Index of livestock production, Index Number (2004-2006 = 100)

100

103

104

103

105

107

106

105

106

105

102

101

Agricultural land use

Agricultural land area [TOTAL], Hectares

30 494 200

30 369 300

30 230 900

30 121 300

30 037 500

30 017 400

29 890 100

29 936 100

29 902 500

29 793 200

29 719 100

29 660 800

29 598 900

29 701 200

29 632 900

29 588 200

32 345 800

29 413 900

29 385 000

29 266 680

29 164 623

Area of arable and permanent cropland, Hectares

19 041 900

19 091 800

19 118 000

19 339 700

19 415 300

19 468 800

19 409 700

19 542 800

19 598 800

19 537 900

19 534 100

19 520 800

19 520 600

19 429 400

19 431 300

19 500 400

22 278 900

19 383 600

19 332 300

19 309 913

19 321 558

Area of permanent pasture, Hectares

11 225 300

11 056 200

10 895 300

10 570 200

10 414 500

10 346 300

10 284 600

10 201 800

10 115 600

10 073 300

10 007 500

9 964 300

9 903 200

10 093 600

10 028 500

9 916 600

9 924 200

9 937 300

9 910 500

9 877 978

9 774 829

Area of other land, Hectares

227 000

221 300

217 600

211 400

207 700

202 300

195 800

191 500

188 100

182 000

177 500

175 700

175 100

178 200

173 100

171 200

142 700

93 000

142 200

78 789

68 236

Agricultural land area - shares [TOTAL=100],

Share of arable and permanent cropland in agricultural land area, %

62.4

62.9

63.2

64.2

64.6

64.9

65.3

65.5

65.6

65.7

65.8

65.4

65.6

65.9

68.9

65.9

65.8

66.2

Share of permanent pasture in agricultural land area, %

36.8

36.4

35.1

34.7

34.5

34.4

34.1

33.8

33.7

33.6

33.5

33.8

33.5

30.7

33.8

33.7

33.8

33.5

Share of other land in agricultural land area, %

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.2

National land area, Hectares

53 696 000

53 746 600

53 740 000

53 821 300

53 814 900

53 801 100

53 528 000

53 626 700

53 624 900

54 258 900

54 257 600

54 256 100

54 256 900

54 256 400

54 255 200

54 755 200

54 755 300

54 754 200

63 639 900

Share of agricultural land area in the national land area, %

56.8

56.5

56.3

55.8

54.9

54.8

54.6

54.7

54.6

54.5

59.1

53.7

Organic farming

Agricultural land area under certified organic farm management, Hectares

65 000

72 000

90 000

87 000

90 996

107 494

122 338

218 775

315 771

361 040

419 750

517 965

550 990

534 037

550 488

552 824

557 133

583 799

677 513

845 442

Share of agricultural land area under certified organic farm management, %

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.7

1.1

1.2

1.4

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.7

1.9

2.3

2.9

Transgenic crops

Area of transgenic crops, Hectares

^(l)

50 000

^(l)

50 000

^(l)

50 000

^(l)

50 000

^(l)

50 000

^(l)

50 000

Share of transgenic crops in arable and permanent crop area, %

Nutrients

Nitrogen balance, Tonne of nitrogen

2 402 332

1 995 014

1 903 932

1 582 661

1 651 282

1 850 084

1 870 956

1 908 080

1 726 244

1 718 151

1 825 276

1 767 967

1 622 757

2 163 372

1 481 257

1 692 300

1 578 573

1 509 032

1 443 339

Nitrogen inputs, Tonne of nitrogen

5 598 766

5 393 589

5 438 166

5 016 805

5 046 846

5 135 406

5 224 907

5 325 876

5 320 990

5 307 047

5 390 194

5 151 572

5 159 296

4 992 172

4 999 496

4 972 571

4 878 988

4 825 624

5 017 771

Fertilizers, Tonne of nitrogen

2 659 967

2 492 834

2 568 669

2 154 165

2 185 486

2 280 031

2 371 781

2 513 011

2 515 573

2 497 112

2 591 247

2 343 694

2 397 471

2 278 707

2 330 844

2 324 000

2 206 000

2 204 000

2 403 000

Livestock manure, Tonne of nitrogen

2 051 210

2 021 486

1 996 893

1 983 596

1 984 445

1 991 345

1 997 728

1 979 408

1 968 814

1 956 573

1 969 114

1 984 838

1 951 560

1 904 534

1 864 253

1 851 320

1 844 442

1 848 877

1 854 711

Other inputs, Tonne of nitrogen

887 589

879 269

872 604

879 043

876 915

864 030

855 397

833 457

836 603

853 362

829 833

823 040

810 265

808 931

804 399

797 251

828 546

772 748

760 060

Nitrogen outputs, Tonne of nitrogen

3 196 434

3 398 575

3 534 234

3 434 144

3 395 564

3 285 322

3 353 951

3 417 796

3 594 746

3 588 896

3 564 918

3 383 605

3 536 539

2 828 800

3 518 239

3 280 271

3 300 415

3 316 592

3 574 432

Crops, Tonne of nitrogen

1 470 042

1 543 675

1 525 364

1 425 343

1 405 766

1 415 626

1 570 449

1 617 946

1 718 805

1 665 618

1 620 450

1 475 121

1 680 305

1 404 540

1 710 772

1 605 873

1 526 730

1 462 533

1 693 135

Livestock, Tonne of nitrogen

1 726 392

1 854 900

2 008 870

2 008 801

1 989 798

1 869 696

1 783 502

1 799 851

1 875 940

1 923 277

1 944 467

1 908 484

1 856 233

1 424 260

1 807 467

1 674 399

1 773 686

1 854 058

1 881 297

Total Crop Residues, Tonne of nitrogen

Nitrogen balance per hectare of agricultural land, kilograms per hectare of total agricultural land

Phosphorous balance, Tonne of phosphorus

516 665

415 060

361 291

286 180

286 271

307 468

296 604

278 276

216 115

233 447

218 557

177 681

118 322

206 185

83 093

115 067

77 997

60 992

67 774

Phosphorous inputs, Tonne of phosphorus

1 038 076

972 036

931 203

833 585

828 363

837 741

849 773

843 284

810 137

823 338

805 821

731 328

707 885

685 543

673 056

667 282

628 102

608 458

664 033

Fertilizers, Tonne of phosphorus

652 279

588 672

546 775

449 176

442 546

450 073

458 997

453 359

421 399

441 251

421 399

347 040

331 002

318 368

314 618

298 007

260 468

242 443

275 590

Livestock manure, Tonne of phosphorus

385 797

383 363

384 428

384 409

385 817

387 668

390 776

389 925

388 738

382 087

384 422

384 288

376 883

367 175

358 438

369 275

367 633

366 015

388 443

Other inputs, Tonne of phosphorus

Phosphorous outputs, Tonne of phosphorus

521 411

556 976

569 912

547 405

542 092

530 273

553 169

565 008

594 022

589 891

587 264

553 647

589 563

479 358

589 963

552 215

550 105

547 466

596 259

Crops, Tonne of phosphorus

299 572

317 617

310 657

288 169

285 254

288 347

321 747

329 379

350 381

340 087

334 610

304 873

347 620

291 951

353 836

333 390

318 797

305 106

349 838

Livestock, Tonne of phosphorus

221 838

239 359

259 254

259 235

256 838

241 925

231 422

235 630

243 641

249 804

252 654

248 775

241 942

187 408

236 127

218 825

231 308

242 360

246 420

Total Crop Residues, Tonne of phosphorus

Phosphorous balance per hectare of agricultural land, kilograms per hectare of total agricultural land

Pesticides

Pesticide sales in agriculture [TOTAL], Tonnes of active ingredients

97 701

103 434

84 709

91 953

89 515

84 007

97 889

109 792

107 753

120 501

94 694

99 635

82 448

74 524

76 099

78 265

71 612

77 255

78 578

63 677

61 903

Insecticide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

11 039

10 673

7 959

6 709

5 911

8 346

5 399

6 074

4 672

3 612

3 103

2 487

2 308

2 224

2 460

2 505

2 140

2 100

1 254

1 121

1 033

Fungicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

41 514

55 565

44 786

54 254

49 399

42 578

48 625

64 050

58 807

63 021

52 834

54 130

43 351

39 317

37 175

35 921

35 957

36 919

39 163

32 520

29 829

Herbicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

37 429

33 713

27 281

25 982

29 923

27 416

36 052

33 576

36 439

42 462

30 845

32 122

28 780

24 502

26 104

29 209

23 068

26 808

27 248

22 566

22 632

Other pesticides sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

7 719

3 483

4 683

5 008

4 282

5 667

7 813

6 092

7 835

11 406

7 912

10 896

8 009

8 481

10 360

10 630

10 447

11 428

10 912

7 470

8 410

Energy consumption

Direct on-farm energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent

3 471

3 482

3 591

3 613

3 580

3 611

3 749

3 712

3 806

3 750

3 807

3 861

3 725

3 686

3 779

3 781

3 709

3 517

3 838

3 617

3 520

Total national energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent

135 428

143 971

144 667

143 406

140 985

142 776

149 373

147 139

151 779

152 437

154 489

161 043

157 612

161 156

162 850

162 383

161 058

158 072

160 178

154 368

158 771

Share of agriculture in total national energy consumption, %

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.3

2.2

Biofuels

Bioethanol production (million liter), million liter

105

123

114

117

114

102

148

292

537

742

901

937

841

Bioethanol production (kilotonne of oil equivalent), Kilotonne of oil equivalent (ktoe)

149

274

378

460

478

429

Biodiesel production (million liter), million liter

198

280

325

285

311

388

389

422

485

508

556

765

1 235

2 280

2 702

2 582

2 353

Biodiesel production (kilotonne of oil equivalent), Kilotonne of oil equivalent (ktoe)

155

219

253

222

242

303

329

378

396

433

597

963

1 778

2 107

2 014

1 836

Soil erosion

Agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water erosion risk, %

4.1

Share of agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water erosion risk, %

82.7

Agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe wind erosion risk, %

Share of agricultural land classified as having moderate to severe water wind risk, %

Water resources

Water use,

Total agricultural water withdrawals, million m3

4 884

4 900

4 919

4 949

4 971

3 350

3 561

3 181

4 872

4 768

4 536

5 517

5 148

4 695

4 757

3 923

2 588

3 143

Total freshwater withdrawals, million m3

37 687

39 323

39 219

39 379

40 671

30 341

32 474

32 293

32 715

33 545

33 164

35 397

33 715

33 872

32 552

31 615

34 100

33 445

Share of agriculture in total freshwater withdrawals, %

12.5

12.6

12.2

9.9

14.9

14.2

13.7

15.6

15.3

13.9

14.6

12.4

7.6

9.4

Irrigation,

Irrigated area, Hectares

1 484 789

1 476 843

1 629 534

1 907 607

1 574 528

1 915 243

1 675 466

1 488 685

Share of irrigated area in total agricultural area, %

4.9

5.4

6.4

5.3

6.4

5.7

5.1

Irrigation freshwater withdrawals, million m3

4 884

4 900

4 919

4 949

4 971

3 350

3 561

3 181

4 872

4 768

4 536

5 517

5 148

4 695

4 757

3 923

2 588

3 143

Share of irrigation freshwater withdrawals in total agricultural water withdrawals, %

100

Irrigation water application rates, Megalitres per hectare of irrigated land

3.3

3.4

1.8

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.6

Water quality

Runoff and concentration in water bodies,

Share of agriculture in total emissions of nitrates in surface water, %

Share of agriculture in total emissions of phosphorous in surface water, %

Share of agriculture in total emissions of nitrates in coastal water, %

Share of agriculture in total emissions of phosphorous in coastal water, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas where one or more pesticides are present in surface water, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas where one or more pesticides are present in groundwater, %

Drinking water limits,

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for nitrates in surface water, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for nitrates in groundwater, %

13.5

12.5

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for phosphorous in surface water, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommend drinking water limits for phosphorous in groundwater, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommended drinking water limits for pesticides in surface water, %

Share of monitoring sites in agricultural areas that exceed recommended drinking water limits for pesticides in groundwater, %

Ammonia

Agricultural ammonia emissions, Tonnes

693 294

756 921

762 763

742 969

750 255

753 331

754 004

766 536

762 676

754 277

679 590

663 288

667 336

645 572

641 237

639 481

635 872

636 733

653 712

639 201

628 400

Total ammonia emissions, Tonnes

703 600

685 691

689 009

668 047

676 335

678 137

677 088

688 615

684 707

686 397

699 253

683 716

687 824

667 022

662 928

660 852

655 280

656 040

672 281

656 243

645 142

Agricultural share in total ammonia emissions, %

98.5

97.2

96.8

96.7

96.8

97.1

97.2

97.4

Share of ammonia in total emissions of acidifying pollutants, Tonnes acid equivalents

41 388.2

40 334.8

40 529.9

39 296.9

39 784.4

39 890.4

39 828.7

40 506.8

40 276.9

40 376.3

41 132.5

40 218.6

40 460.2

39 236.6

38 995.8

38 873.6

38 545.9

38 590.6

39 545.9

38 602.5

37 949.5

Greenhouse gas

Agricultural gross greenhouse gas emissions [TOTAL], Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

104 561 959

102 060 562

102 444 640

98 154 278

98 810 371

99 864 349

100 880 486

102 188 365

101 991 889

101 481 309

102 640 039

100 219 499

100 480 669

97 037 853

97 398 769

96 863 461

95 288 852

96 036 691

98 633 788

95 097 457

94 355 422

CO2 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

CH4 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

43 154 159

42 498 755

42 096 676

41 885 355

42 030 887

42 483 390

42 747 577

42 559 880

42 563 789

42 663 695

43 273 436

43 565 308

43 334 812

42 555 731

42 105 972

42 171 184

42 176 164

42 721 096

43 243 832

42 624 707

42 455 467

N2O emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

61 407 799

59 561 807

60 347 965

56 268 923

56 779 484

57 380 959

58 132 909

59 628 485

59 428 100

58 817 614

59 366 603

56 654 191

57 145 857

54 482 122

55 292 797

54 692 277

53 112 687

53 315 595

55 389 956

52 472 750

51 899 955

Other greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Agricultural gross greenhouse gas emissions - shares [TOTAL=100],

Share of CO2 in total emissions from agriculture, %

Share of CH4 in total emissions from agriculture, %

41.3

41.6

41.1

42.7

42.5

42.4

41.6

41.7

42.2

43.5

43.1

43.9

43.2

43.5

44.3

44.5

43.8

44.8

Share of N2O in total emissions from agriculture, %

58.7

58.4

58.9

57.3

57.5

57.6

58.4

58.3

57.8

56.5

56.9

56.1

56.8

56.5

55.7

55.5

56.2

55.2

Share of other greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, %

National total GHG emissions [TOTAL], Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

562 062 068

585 500 108

576 716 884

551 298 740

547 585 462

559 062 429

575 989 770

570 510 141

585 518 771

572 940 134

568 874 940

568 929 110

561 482 304

568 205 274

568 004 491

571 886 939

557 328 651

547 074 711

542 421 983

519 767 762

528 175 714

Total national CO2 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

397 442 434

421 635 278

412 056 273

391 989 327

387 860 504

396 143 546

410 044 935

403 499 245

424 748 097

417 585 638

414 378 600

416 860 112

409 730 564

419 057 574

421 948 691

426 712 720

414 037 299

403 648 330

397 173 258

379 130 945

387 622 655

Total national CH4 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

63 248 311

63 450 225

63 558 098

63 788 458

63 932 722

64 902 936

64 904 824

64 311 113

64 839 351

65 091 906

65 724 512

65 492 222

65 081 430

64 238 053

63 449 733

63 020 262

62 733 621

63 130 004

63 653 103

62 858 918

62 825 518

Total national N2O emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

91 321 843

90 073 166

91 239 695

87 019 470

88 267 451

90 019 825

91 448 104

92 859 110

85 477 006

78 608 424

77 573 965

74 903 414

72 886 486

70 233 547

68 231 318

67 738 469

65 307 890

64 880 618

65 903 326

61 971 430

59 833 292

Total national emissions of other greenhouse gas, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

10 049 481

10 341 438

9 862 818

8 501 485

7 524 784

7 996 122

9 591 907

9 840 673

10 454 317

11 654 166

11 197 863

11 673 362

13 783 824

14 676 100

14 374 749

14 415 488

15 249 842

15 415 759

15 692 295

15 806 470

17 894 248

National total GHG emissions - shares [TOTAL=100],

Share of CO2 in total national GHG emissions, %

70.7

71.4

71.1

70.8

70.9

71.2

70.7

72.5

72.9

72.8

73.3

73.8

74.3

74.6

74.3

73.8

73.2

72.9

73.4

Share of CH4 in total national GHG emissions, %

11.3

10.8

11.6

11.7

11.6

11.3

11.1

11.4

11.6

11.5

11.6

11.3

11.2

11.3

11.5

11.7

12.1

11.9

Share of N2O in total national GHG emissions, %

16.2

15.4

15.8

16.1

15.9

16.3

14.6

13.7

13.6

13.2

12.4

11.8

11.7

11.9

12.1

11.9

11.3

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