EU agricultural output value reaches record €558.7 billion
The value rose 4.8% in 2025 from €532.9 billion in 2024, giving the EU a new high in monetary output without establishing an equivalent rise in physical production.
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EU agricultural output reached a record €558.7 billion at basic prices in 2025, Eurostat said. Its latest figures put the increase against the previous year at 4.8%.
The rise measures the value of output, not the quantity produced. Changes in prices as well as volumes can affect that value.
The captured excerpt of Eurostat’s 2025 release does not break down how much of the increase came from prices and how much from volumes.
What the measure covers
The measure includes crop and animal production, agricultural services such as contract work, and activities that cannot be separated from farming, such as processing products on a farm.
Eurostat calculates output at basic prices: the prices producers receive, less taxes on products and with subsidies on products added. Unless otherwise stated, its values use current prices and exchange rates.
Output value alone does not show farmers' income or profitability. Costs also matter: in its earlier account of 2024, Eurostat said lower output value combined with lower input costs to produce higher agricultural gross value added.
The earlier trend
In its previous release, published on 7 November 2025, Eurostat said output value fell 0.9% in 2024, the second consecutive annual decline after a 2022 peak. That release put the 2024 value at €531.9 billion, a different baseline from the one in the latest figures.
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