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 Proportion of sole agricultural holders with 55 and more years old (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of sole agricultural holders with 55 and more years old (%) by Geographic localization (Agrarian region); Irregular
Regularity Irregular
Source Statistics Portugal, Agri-environment indicators statistics
First available period 1989
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Agrarian region)
Concepts
  • SOLE HOLDER:  A holder that as a natural person encompasses both the autonomous and entrepreneurial facets of ownership. Collective entities, such as companies, cooperatives, the State, etc., are excluded.
  • AGRICULTURAL HOLDING:  Technical-economic unit that uses common production factors such as labour, machinery, facilities, land, among others, fulfilling the following four conditions: 1) yield agricultural products or maintain, in good agricultural and environmental conditions, the lands that are no longer used for productive purposes; 2) reach or exceed a certain size (in area or number of animals); 3) be subject to a single management; 4) be located in a well-defined and identifiable area.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule

(Sole agricultural holders with 55 and more years old/ Sole agricultural holders)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations The data published in the indicator refer to the years in which information is collected within the framework of the statistical operations Agricultural Census and Farm Structure Survey, in accordance with the periodicity established for these operations.
Last update date 02/08/2025


information presented in 12/11/2025