New theme in Pordata

26 April 2018

"AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES" IS THE MOST RECENT THEME IN PORDATA PORTUGAL

With the entry of "Agriculture and Fisheries" Pordata now has 19 themes and more than 1,400 statistical tables.

All of us, as citizens, depend on what is produced and fished, either directly or indirectly. Thus, the entry of the new theme "Agriculture and Fisheries" represents another contribution to better know Portugal and the society in which we live.

This theme has about 70 tables, with statistical series beginning between the sixties and the eighties, whenever possible, and they continue until the present time.

The statistical tables are organized into seven major areas:

Agro-environmental- includes data on greenhouse potential, phosphorus and nitrogen balance, gas emissions and energy consumption;

Utilized agricultural area- includes data on the the irrigable area, type of use of the agricultural area, size of the farmland and the agricultural holdings, self-owned or leased holdings, holdings using tractors, holdings by legal forms;

Vegetable Production- includes data on the surface area, production and productivity of the main agricultural crops, area of the wine vineyard, the main fruit and olive trees, oil mills and olive oil produced by type of mill and extraction system used;

Economic Accounts for Agriculture- includes data on gross value added, gross fixed capital formation, capital transfers, net entrepreneurial income and agricultural production;

Employment - includes data on the characteristics of the agricultural labour force, managers and producers;

Salaries - includes data on the remuneration and average monthly wages of employees in Agriculture and Fisheries by gender and qualification level, gender remuneration gap by qualification level;

Fisheries- includes data on enterprises and personnel employed by fisheries and aquaculture enterprises, number of vessels and fishermen, tonnage and revenue from fish auction sales by major species, aquaculture establishments and their production and revenues.

The sources of the information provided are Statistics Portugal (INE) and the Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM).

We would like to remind you that, in Pordata, all tables are accompanied by the respective metadata, including the concepts, formulas for calculating the indicators, and the descriptions relevant to the understanding of the statistical data.