In the last 20 years, 37% of farmers have been lost.

Omissions

• The 37% figure appears to refer to the decline in the number of farms (agricultural holdings), not individual farmers as people. Eurostat data shows a 39% decline in farms between 2005-2023.
• The data covers an 18-year period (2005-2023), not exactly 20 years as claimed.
• The actual figure from official sources is 39%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the claimed 37%.
• The data period ends in 2023; more recent data for 2024-2025 may be available but was not cited in the sources found.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Farms and farmland in the European UnionBetween 2005 and 2023, there was a loss of 5.6 million farms across EU countries, equivalent to an estimated decline of 39%.
• PrimaryEurostat - Farmers and the agricultural labour forceBetween 2005 and 2020, the volume of work carried out by the EU's labour force in agricultural activities declined by 4.5 million AWUs.