Value of EU agricultural output reaches record high in 2025

The value of agricultural output in the European Union reached €558.7 billion in basic prices in 2025, according to economic accounts for agriculture data published this week by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office. That is 4.8% more than the €532.9 billion recorded in 2024 and extends the upward trend to a new high.

Agricultural output covers the value of crops and animal production, agricultural services, and certain other goods and services produced by the sector.

Costs and value added

The total cost of goods and services consumed in production, known as intermediate consumption, grew by 1.8% to €309.1 billion in 2025. Because output value rose faster than costs, the agricultural industry's gross value added increased by 8.8% to €249.5 billion.

Output breakdown

Crops accounted for almost half (48.9%) of EU agricultural output, worth €273.2 billion. Animals and animal products contributed slightly more than two-fifths (42.6%), or €238.2 billion. The remaining 8.5%, or €47.3 billion, came from agricultural services and secondary activities.

Crop output value was 1.6% higher than in 2024, while animal output was up 9.2%.

Differences between countries

The total value of agricultural output increased in 22 of the 27 EU member states. The sharpest rise was in Romania (+13.6%), with increases above 10% in Czechia, Ireland, Estonia, Slovakia and Austria. By contrast, output value fell in Greece (-2.9%) and Cyprus (-1.8%), as well as in Portugal, Finland and Malta, where declines were all under 1%.