Type of indicator

Sectoral

Indicator C18

Agricultural area

Definition

The indicator is expressed as the total utilised agricultural area (UAA) in absolute terms (ha) and as the share of UAA in different categories of land use. 

It consists of 2 sub-indicators::

1.         total utilised agricultural area (UAA)

2.         total and share of UAA by categories of land cover

According to the definition applied in the Eurostat database, the categories of land use are as follows:

•          Arable land 

•          Permanent grassland and meadow

•          Permanent crops

Unit of measurement

1: number of ha

2: ha and share of total UAA

Data source

Eurostat – Crop production

References/location of the data

National and regional data: [apro_cpsh1]; [apro_cpshr] 

Data collection level

EU, national (NUTS 0) and regional (NUTS 1 and 2)

Frequency

annual

Delay

1-2 years

Comments/caveats

Codes for land use: arable land (ARA), permanent grassland (J0000) and permanent crops (PECR).