Many EU farmers rent their land, as either a short- or long-term business decision, and new Eurostat data for arable land and/or permanent grassland rents in 2020 reveal the variations that exist for different farmers in different Member States.
Eurostat’s latest data for arable land and/or permanent grass land rents show that (for EU regions which data are available) renting this type of agricultural land was cheapest in Sweden’s central Norrland and Upper Norrland regions (both €34 per year). The highest rent prices for arable land and/or permanent grassland in 2020 were found in Italy’s Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (on average €1 714 per hectare), where it was more than twice the country’s average.
