IAOS-OECD 2018 conference, 19-21 September 2018, Paris. More information at: http://www.oecd.org/iaos2018/

1. The place of agri-
environmental
statistics in describing
sustainable agriculture
Ebba Barany
Eurostat
European Commission
Luxembourg

2. Sustainable
agriculture
Social
Environmental
Economic

4. Main messages
• Eurostat agri-environmental statistics - role in describing
sustainable agriculture
• Agri-environmental indicators influenced by developments external
to agriculture and environmental policies
• Consider social and economic dimensions of sustainability when
interpreting agri-environmental development

5. Agri-environmental indicators

6. Counting cows -
Livestock patterns

7. Counting birds -
Farmland bird index

8. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2000 2006 2009 2012 2016
Estimated nitrogen fertiliser consumption, kg per hectare
fertilised agricultural area, EU-28, 2000-2016.

9. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Price index fertilisers and soil improvers, EU-27 (before accession of
Croatia), 2005-2012 (2005=100)

10. 0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Nitrogen use efficiency on agricultural land (nitrogen
output/nitrogen input), EU-28, 2002-2015 (3-year averages)

11. Eurostat Agri-environmental team
Estat-agri-environment@ec.europa.eu