Direct production costs per utilised agricultural area

Type of indicator

Quantitative

Relative dimension and aggregated criteria

Economic sustainability: Efficiency: Cost efficiency

Description

This indicator is equal to the ratio of direct production costs to utilised agricultural area (UAA), where all farming enterprises are taken into consideration.

Indicator calculation

Direct production costs / UAA

Unit

€/ha

Indicator interpretation

Higher values indicate higher direct production costs per ha and thus poorer economic performance.

Scale definition

Scales	Values (€/ha)	Dexi interpretation			References
< 25^th percentile	< 849.71	High		+	Based on the FADN data distribution for EU specialised dairy farms (European Commission, 2022). Quantile method, 2016-2018 data.
[25^th percentile; median]	[849.71; 1321.99]	Medium high	to

[median; 75^th percentile]	[1321.99; 1972.27]	Medium low	to

>=75^th percentile	>= 1972.27	Low		–