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Environmental indicator

Agricultural production

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

101

107

106

111

105

108

100

101

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

105

113

108

117

110

101

117

101

102

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

103

104

106

105

101

102

101

104

101

Agricultural land use

Agricultural land area [TOTAL], Hectares

464 300 000

462 800 000

466 000 000

460 100 000

469 000 000

463 300 000

465 200 000

466 100 000

463 786 000

453 729 000

455 516 000

455 723 000

447 007 000

439 531 000

440 110 000

445 149 000

434 925 000

425 449 000

417 288 000

409 029 000

398 580 000

Area of arable and permanent cropland, Hectares

47 800 000

45 700 000

47 200 000

47 100 000

47 400 000

53 100 000

36 500 000

40 000 000

44 323 000

45 787 000

47 583 000

50 127 000

24 059 745

23 562 239

26 023 997

26 724 986

24 565 025

23 530 139

24 374 000

27 511 000

25 968 000

Area of permanent pasture, Hectares

416 500 000

417 100 000

418 800 000

413 000 000

421 600 000

410 200 000

428 700 000

426 100 000

419 463 000

407 942 000

407 933 000

405 596 000

422 947 255

415 968 761

414 086 003

418 424 014

410 359 975

401 918 861

392 914 000

381 518 000

372 612 000

Area of other land, Hectares

Agricultural land area - shares [TOTAL=100],

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

10.3

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.1

11.5

7.8

8.6

9.6

10.1

10.4

5.4

5.9

5.6

5.5

5.8

6.7

6.5

Share of permanent pasture in agricultural land area, %

89.7

90.1

89.9

89.8

89.9

88.5

92.2

91.4

90.4

89.9

89.6

94.6

94.1

94.4

94.5

94.2

93.3

93.5

Share of other land in agricultural land area, %

National land area, Hectares

768 230 000

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

60.4

60.2

60.7

59.9

60.3

60.6

60.7

60.4

59.1

59.3

58.2

57.2

57.3

57.9

56.6

55.4

54.3

53.2

51.9

Organic farming

Agricultural land area under certified organic farm management, Hectares

10 000 000

11 300 000

12 126 633

11 715 700

12 294 300

11 988 000

12 001 700

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

2.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.8

2.9

Transgenic crops

Area of transgenic crops, Hectares

^(l)

50 000

100 000

200 000

100 000

200 000

300 000

200 000

100 000

200 000

700 000

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

0.2

0.4

0.8

1.1

0.8

0.4

0.8

0.7

2.7

Nutrients

Nitrogen balance, Tonne of nitrogen

7 586 022

7 729 384

7 266 276

7 222 568

7 579 209

6 724 684

7 518 861

7 642 497

7 444 238

7 264 823

7 349 527

7 092 696

7 537 831

6 101 294

6 202 632

5 648 677

5 890 921

5 879 899

5 404 048

5 905 301

Nitrogen inputs, Tonne of nitrogen

13 390 169

13 299 203

13 205 547

13 053 035

13 208 540

12 968 407

13 264 941

13 340 753

13 417 056

13 271 705

13 229 460

13 219 092

12 959 723

11 571 995

12 259 666

12 227 876

11 910 053

11 543 781

11 316 847

11 187 257

Fertilizers, Tonne of nitrogen

439 400

462 400

488 200

565 400

583 200

671 300

824 600

839 400

979 000

1 082 000

951 000

1 049 900

972 300

918 600

1 114 300

954 400

841 900

793 900

696 700

777 500

Livestock manure, Tonne of nitrogen

4 305 929

4 136 603

3 971 112

3 832 136

3 748 795

3 581 300

3 564 897

3 613 786

3 593 602

3 578 242

3 640 609

3 597 784

3 576 679

3 463 450

3 609 565

3 595 140

3 503 451

3 404 446

3 326 312

3 248 771

Other inputs, Tonne of nitrogen

8 644 840

8 700 200

8 746 235

8 655 500

8 876 545

8 715 807

8 875 444

8 887 567

8 844 453

8 611 463

8 637 851

8 571 409

8 410 744

7 189 946

7 535 801

7 678 337

7 564 703

7 345 435

7 293 835

7 160 986

Nitrogen outputs, Tonne of nitrogen

5 804 147

5 569 818

5 939 272

5 830 468

5 629 331

6 243 724

5 746 080

5 698 256

5 972 818

6 006 882

5 879 933

6 126 397

5 421 892

5 470 702

6 057 034

6 579 199

6 019 132

5 663 882

5 912 799

5 281 955

Crops, Tonne of nitrogen

868 307

771 258

990 952

1 025 668

730 151

1 073 104

1 307 250

1 198 310

1 307 048

1 416 510

1 243 053

1 374 856

828 476

1 464 334

1 266 426

1 432 071

809 859

985 724

1 187 433

1 210 531

Livestock, Tonne of nitrogen

4 935 840

4 798 560

4 948 320

4 804 800

4 899 180

5 170 620

4 438 830

4 499 945

4 665 770

4 590 371

4 636 880

4 751 541

4 593 416

4 006 368

4 790 608

5 147 128

5 209 273

4 678 158

4 725 366

4 071 424

Total Crop Residues, Tonne of nitrogen

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

16.3

16.7

15.6

15.7

16.2

14.5

16.2

16.4

16.1

15.6

16.9

13.9

14.1

12.7

13.5

13.8

14.4

Phosphorous balance, Tonne of phosphorus

280 989

312 719

287 867

282 392

344 814

276 488

336 279

390 978

334 117

335 517

373 551

342 600

390 203

158 674

175 893

119 417

22 846

60 961

-39 931

32 283

Phosphorous inputs, Tonne of phosphorus

922 022

932 950

949 269

918 261

973 755

968 511

974 145

1 026 927

999 862

1 002 657

1 031 582

1 022 611

1 000 647

976 557

1 038 828

1 018 078

869 954

846 857

772 873

800 106

Fertilizers, Tonne of phosphorus

254 716

299 288

344 212

338 800

405 988

424 732

433 532

479 644

457 160

464 200

487 080

487 520

474 056

474 408

509 476

501 248

369 952

360 932

305 272

345 385

Livestock manure, Tonne of phosphorus

665 507

631 529

602 980

577 404

565 405

541 386

538 070

544 575

539 866

535 698

542 008

532 483

523 794

498 913

526 177

513 770

496 866

482 623

464 264

451 407

Other inputs, Tonne of phosphorus

1 799

2 133

2 077

2 057

2 363

2 393

2 543

2 707

2 835

2 759

2 494

2 608

2 797

3 236

3 175

3 060

3 136

3 302

3 337

3 313

Phosphorous outputs, Tonne of phosphorus

641 033

620 231

661 402

635 869

628 941

692 023

637 866

635 949

665 745

667 141

658 032

680 010

610 443

817 883

862 935

898 660

847 108

785 895

812 805

767 823

Crops, Tonne of phosphorus

109 481

103 463

128 506

118 429

101 337

135 187

161 083

150 797

162 550

171 975

158 151

167 777

114 998

175 049

159 737

172 042

111 650

123 715

145 861

146 548

Livestock, Tonne of phosphorus

531 552

516 768

532 896

517 440

527 604

556 836

476 783

485 152

503 194

495 166

499 881

512 233

495 445

642 835

703 198

726 619

735 458

662 180

666 944

621 274

Total Crop Residues, Tonne of phosphorus

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

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.1

-0.1

0.1

Pesticides

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

17 867

22 235

23 899

21 057

25 598

31 185

34 092

37 215

34 200

33 475

32 710

26 650

32 418

36 277

34 310

35 901

Insecticide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

3 999

4 977

5 350

4 713

5 730

6 214

7 146

8 638

8 700

7 493

7 322

5 966

7 257

8 120

7 680

8 036

Fungicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

1 280

1 593

1 712

1 509

1 834

2 055

2 219

2 527

3 000

2 399

2 344

1 910

2 323

2 599

2 458

2 572

Herbicide sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

12 337

15 353

16 502

14 540

17 675

22 449

24 245

25 592

22 000

23 114

22 586

18 402

22 384

25 049

23 691

24 789

Other pesticides sales, Tonnes of active ingredients

250

311

335

295

359

467

481

458

500

469

458

373

454

508

481

503

Energy consumption

Direct on-farm energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent

1 301

1 319

1 342

1 369

1 417

1 451

1 456

1 509

1 542

1 580

1 606

1 614

1 778

2 017

2 126

2 280

2 142

2 118

2 137

2 111

2 160

Total national energy consumption, 000 tonnes oil equivalent

56 548

56 104

56 621

58 720

60 040

62 144

64 076

65 574

66 629

67 667

69 564

70 177

69 735

70 536

72 254

72 308

73 042

74 928

76 129

74 655

75 276

Share of agriculture in total national energy consumption, %

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.9

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.9

Biofuels

Bioethanol production (million liter), million liter

130

160

180

190

307

400

460

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

157

204

235

Biodiesel production (million liter), million liter

303

606

634

640

648

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

236

473

495

500

506

Soil erosion

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

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

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

12 159

14 685

13 307

15 503

16 660

15 033

12 243

11 689

8 521

6 989

7 286

7 359

Total freshwater withdrawals, million m3

18 575

21 142

19 875

22 186

24 071

21 703

18 767

14 101

Share of agriculture in total freshwater withdrawals, %

79.1

62.9

65.2

52.2

Irrigation,

Irrigated area, Hectares

2 057 000

2 506 000

2 545 000

2 378 000

2 402 000

2 405 000

2 546 318

1 922 982

1 850 937

1 760 758

1 840 610

Share of irrigated area in total agricultural area, %

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.5

Irrigation freshwater withdrawals, million m3

10 538

17 957

12 396

10 404

10 441

10 085

10 737

7 636

6 285

6 501

6 596

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

71.8

82.5

82.4

91.9

89.6

89.9

89.2

89.6

Irrigation water application rates, Megalitres per hectare of irrigated land

8.7

4.9

4.4

4.3

4.2

3.4

3.7

3.6

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, %

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

Total ammonia emissions, Tonnes

Agricultural share in total ammonia emissions, %

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

Greenhouse gas

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

86 462 835

87 001 919

84 987 924

83 751 022

83 104 274

84 596 391

85 764 368

87 373 413

87 583 002

89 849 169

92 179 095

95 097 427

92 378 978

89 771 660

90 118 333

89 023 771

89 760 466

86 653 616

86 635 146

83 989 503

79 486 257

CO2 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

CH4 emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

71 051 369

71 365 322

69 615 723

68 188 001

67 257 907

67 863 035

68 429 924

69 258 365

69 166 509

70 468 541

71 573 841

73 472 924

71 357 974

69 783 978

70 107 239

69 361 684

69 887 065

67 557 786

67 555 476

65 349 383

62 591 097

N2O emissions from agriculture, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

15 411 466

15 636 598

15 372 201

15 563 021

15 846 368

16 733 356

17 334 444

18 115 049

18 416 494

19 380 628

20 605 254

21 624 503

21 021 004

19 987 681

20 011 094

19 662 087

19 873 401

19 095 830

19 079 670

18 640 120

16 895 160

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, %

82.2

81.9

81.4

80.9

80.2

79.8

79.3

78.4

77.6

77.3

77.2

77.7

77.8

77.9

77.8

78.7

Share of N2O in total emissions from agriculture, %

17.8

18.1

18.6

19.1

19.8

20.2

20.7

21.6

22.4

22.7

22.8

22.3

22.2

22.1

22.2

21.3

Share of other greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, %

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

417 992 906

419 629 311

424 107 327

425 913 805

426 469 090

439 475 140

446 452 986

458 969 359

473 503 315

483 161 410

494 269 420

505 016 085

506 388 639

516 544 245

524 710 875

527 758 854

532 512 462

541 219 084

549 487 321

547 478 364

542 690 756

Total national CO2 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

278 222 971

279 646 328

284 815 291

288 827 541

293 602 417

304 229 177

311 759 889

320 044 058

333 297 139

343 156 605

349 736 999

356 047 921

360 372 507

373 668 236

379 716 608

382 394 348

387 095 187

394 955 437

401 886 291

402 874 447

401 787 443

Total national CH4 emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

116 089 221

116 145 550

115 425 559

113 297 280

110 315 281

112 190 850

111 380 700

114 555 228

114 580 887

113 421 338

115 928 414

117 987 139

114 972 124

111 883 714

113 300 064

113 170 296

113 767 959

114 945 513

115 659 746

112 880 114

110 599 896

Total national N2O emissions, Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

18 383 119

18 517 849

18 606 846

19 222 076

19 586 816

20 599 264

21 495 256

22 439 214

23 020 505

24 060 632

25 522 485

26 946 507

26 582 211

26 004 744

26 101 606

25 899 575

25 988 888

25 313 250

25 679 418

25 008 389

23 256 087

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

5 297 595

5 319 584

5 259 632

4 566 907

2 964 576

2 455 849

1 817 141

1 930 858

2 604 784

2 522 834

3 081 522

4 034 518

4 461 798

4 987 551

5 592 597

6 294 635

5 660 429

6 004 884

6 261 866

6 715 413

7 047 329

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

Share of CO2 in total national GHG emissions, %

66.6

67.2

67.8

68.8

69.2

69.8

69.7

70.4

70.8

70.5

71.2

72.3

72.4

72.5

72.7

73.1

73.6

Share of CH4 in total national GHG emissions, %

27.8

27.7

27.2

26.6

25.9

25.5

24.9

24.2

23.5

23.4

22.7

21.7

21.6

21.4

21.2

20.6

20.4

Share of N2O in total national GHG emissions, %

4.4

4.5

4.6

4.7

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.3

5.2

4.9

4.7

4.6

4.3

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