Type of indicator
Quantitative
Relative dimension and aggregated criteria
Economic sustainability: Efficiency: Labour efficiency
Description
This indicator is equal to the ratio of total labour units to farm gross output, where all farming enterprises are taken into consideration. Total labour units include the labour units of unpaid and paid workers.
Indicator calculation
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 / 𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑢𝑡
Unit
AWU / €
Indicator interpretation
Higher values indicate lower labour efficiency and thus poorer economic performance.
Scale definition
| Scales | Values (hrs/€) | Dexi interpretation | References | ||
| < 25th percentile | < 0.0000078 | High | + | Based on the FADN data distribution for EU specialised dairy farms (European Commission, 2022). Quantile method, 2016-2018 data. | |
| [25th percentile; median] | [0.0000078; 0.000012] | Medium | to | ||
| high | |||||
| [median; 75th percentile] | [0.000012; 0.000027] | Medium | to | ||
| low | |||||
| >=75th percentile | >= 0.000027 | Low | – | ||