The distribution of agricultural farms according to surface classification

The map shows the distribution of agricultural farms according to surface classification as follows:

Small: up to 5 ha
Medium: between 5 and 50 ha
Big: more than 50 ha

In twelve predominantly southern and eastern regions small farms represent more than 90% of all farms (from Romania to Portugal through Greece, Italy and Bulgaria), whilst they are less than 5% of overall farm numbers in Sjælland, Midtjylland and Nordjylland in Denmark, Niedersachsen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Bayern in Germany and in the British regions of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and Northern Ireland.