"The decrease of real agricultural income per worker in 2014 is the result of a fall in real agricultural income (-4.0%), partly compensated by a reduction in agricultural labour output (-2.3%). The decrease in EU28 real agricultural income is mainly the result of a fall in the value of crop output (-6.0%) and animal output (-0.9%), combined with a decrease in real terms for input costs (-3.6%)," Eurostat said.
The largest increases were recorded in Slovenia (+13.3%), Hungary (+9.1%) and the Czech Republic (+7.2%), while the largest decreases were reported by Finland (-22.8%), Lithuania (-19.4%) and Belgium (-15.2%).
In Croatia, real agricultural income per worker in 2014 dropped by 6.0% compared to 2013, Eurostat said.