Entrepreneurial income from Finland‘s agricultural sector was 5.3% higher in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.
The total value of entrepreneurial income from agriculture totalled €1.137 billion, with the value of output remaining almost on the same level as the previous year, as lower producer prices were balanced by reduced input costs.
The price of production inputs decreased by an average of around 5%, which contributed to a near-4% decrease in value of intermediate consumption, the data showed.
Agricultural sectors
The 2024 data included a revision to milk production figures, with the value of milk output adjusted downward to 6.8% as a result of the adjustment payments to producers.
Elsewhere, the volume of poultry output increased by 3.2% compared to the previous year, Statistics Finland noted.
Finally, oil crops and protein crops recorded higher output values, driven by increased production volumes, despite what the statistics body said was a ‘significant’ fall in producer prices.
The 2024 data forms part of Statistics Finland’s Economic Accounts for Agriculture.
Small increase in inflation
Separate data from Statistics Finland indicated that the country’s inflation rate stood at 0.5% in September 2025, the same rate as in August. On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices were 0.3% higher, the data showed.
The Consumer Price Index (base year 2015=100) stood at 122.9 in Finland in September, while the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), was at 122.5, which is a 2.2% increase on the previous year, and a 0.5% rise on a month-on-month basis.
The factors that had the biggest influence on consumer prices in September was electricity, hospital fees and tobacco, Statistics Finland noted. Conversely, the average interest rates on housing loans and consumer credit, along with real estate prices, had negative effects on the overall rate of inflation. Read more here.
