1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
Author (year) | Units of observation | Sustainable dimensions | Period of observation | Methodology |
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Gómez-Limón and Sanchez-Fernandez (2010) | 349 farms in Spain | Economic, social, environmental (16 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2008 data from questionnaires | One composite combining different aggregation methods (AA and GA) and weighting schemes (a priori and based on principal components) |
Majewski (2013) | 120 farms in Poland | Economic, social, environmental (56 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2012 data | Three composites, one for each sustainable dimension, with AA and uniform weights |
Ryan et al. (2016) | 1000 farms in Ireland | Economic, social, environmental (14 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2012 data from direct interviews | Three composites, one for each sustainable dimension, with AA and uniform weights |
Gaviglio et al. (2017) | 50 farms in Italy | Economic, social, environmental (42 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2012 data from questionnaire | Composite based on the Agri-environmental Footprint Index (AFI, Purvis et al. 2009) |
Radovanović and Lior (2017) | 12 EU countries and Russia | Economic, environmental (20 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2014 data | One composite with AA and a priori weights |
Cristache et al. (2018) | 29 European countries | Economic, environmental (9 indicators) | 2009–2016, yearly data | Fixed effects regression to assess the impact of new technologies and organic farming on the value of agricultural production |
Mili and Martínez-Vega (2019) | 50 provinces of Spain | Economic, social, environmental (22 indicators) | Cross-sectional, mostly 2009 data | Three composites, one for each sustainable dimension, with AA and uniform weights |
Nowak et al. (2019) | 28 EU countries | Economic, social, environmental (25 indicators) | Cross-sectional, mostly 2016 data | One composite based on the TOPSIS method (Hwang and Yoon 1981) |
Czyzewski et al. (2020) | 25 EU countries | Environmental (7 indicators) | 2004–2017, yearly data | Environmental sustainable value (ESV) method (Grzelak et al. 2019) |
Cataldo et al. (2020) | 28 European countries | Economic, social, environmental (16 Sustainable Development Goals) | Cross-sectional, mostly 2017 data | Two-level composite based on Partial Least Squares Path Modelling (PLS-PM) |
Dabkiene et al. (2021) | 1300 farms in Lithuania | Social, environmental (13 indicators) | Cross-sectional, 2017 data | Composite based on the Agri-environmental Footprint Index (AFI, Purvis et al. 2009) |
Magrini (2022) | 26 European countries | Economic, social, environmental (12 indicators) | 2004–2018, yearly data | Group-based multivariate trajectory modelling (Nagin et al. 2018) |
3 Selection of Indicators and Data Collection
Economic dimension | |||
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Indicator | Description | Objective | Source |
\(X_1\) | Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of agriculture (index 2015=100) | Agricultural activities are economically and technically efficient | International agricultural productivity (United States Department of Agriculture 2022). |
\(X_2\) | Net capital stocks in agriculture (2015 US dollars) to gross value added of agriculture (2015 US dollars) | Land tenure arrangements are optimal | Faostat (Food and Agriculture Organization 2022): element 6192, item 22034 |
\(X_3\) | Ratio young/elderly for farm managers (number of managers with less than 35 years by 100 managers with 55 years and over) | Inter-generational continuation of farming activity is ensured | Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the CAP 2014-2020 (European Commission 2020a): product code CTX_SEC_23_3 |
\(X_4\) | Real income of agricultural factors per paid annual work unit (index 2010=100) | Farm income is ensured | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022): product code AACT_EAA06 (indicator A) |
\(X_5\) | Net entrepreneurial income of agriculture per unpaid annual work unit (index 2010=100) | Farm income is ensured | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022): product code AACT_EAA06 (indicator B) |
Social dimension | |||
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Indicator | Description | Objective | Source |
\(X_6\) | Median equivalised net income in rural areas (1000 euros purchasing power standard) | Equity is maintained or increased | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022): product code ILC_DI17 |
\(X_7\) | At-risk-of-poverty rate in rural areas (%) | Equity is maintained or increased | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022): product code ILC_LI43 |
\(X_8\) | Unemployment rate in rural areas (%) | Equity is maintained or increased | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022), code LFST_R_URGAU |
Environmental dimension | |||
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Indicator | Description | Objective | Source |
\(X_9\) | Production of renewable energy from agriculture (tonnes of oil equivalent per hectare of utilized agricultural area) | Energy flow is adequately buffered | Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the CAP 2014–2020 (European Commission 2020a): product code CTX_ENV_43_1 |
\(X_{10}\) | Area under organic cultivation (share of utilized agricultural area, %) | Soil physical and chemical quality is maintained or increased | Faostat (Food and Agriculture Organization 2022): element 5110, items 6671 and 6610 |
\(X_{11}\) | Greenhouse gas emissions due to agriculture (million CO2 equivalent grams per hectare of utilized agricultural area) | Pollution levels are reduced | Faostat (Food and Agriculture Organization 2022): element 723113, item 1711 |
\(X_{12}\) | Gross nitrogen balance (tonnes of nutrient per hectare of utilized agricultural area) | Soil loss is minimized | Eurostat database (European Commission 2022): product code AEI_PR_GNB |
3.1 Selected Indicators
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“Agricultural activities are economically and technically efficient”, measured through the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index of agriculture with base year 2015 computed by the United States Department of Agriculture (\(X_1\));
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“Land tenure arrangements are optimal”, measured through the ratio of net capital stocks to gross value added (\(X_2\), source: Faostat);
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“Inter-generational continuation of farming activity is ensured”, measured through the ratio young/elderly for farm managers (\(X_3\), source: Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the CAP 2014–2020), where young managers are those with less than 25 years and elderly managers are those with more than 55 years;
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“Farm income is ensured”, measured through the real income of agricultural factors per paid annual work unit (\(X_4\)) and the net entrepreneurial income of agriculture per unpaid annual work unit (\(X_5\)), both computed by Eurostat as indices with base year 2010.
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“Energy flow is adequately buffered”, measure through the production of renewable energy from agriculture (\(X_9\), source: Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the CAP 2014–2020);
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“Soil physical and chemical quality is maintained or increased”, measured through the area under organic cultivation (\(X_{10}\), source: Faostat);
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“Pollution levels are reduced”, measured through greenhouse gas emissions due to agriculture (\(X_{11}\), source: Faostat);
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“Soil loss is minimized”, measured through the gross nitrogen balance (\(X_{12}\), source: Eurostat).
Indicator | Min. | \(\text {Q}_1\) | Median | \(\text {Q}_3\) | Max. | Mean | SD | Annual % |
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\(X_1\) | 61.4 | 90.6 | 97.1 | 101.1 | 126.6 | 95.8 | 10.1 | \(+\)0.54 |
\(X_2\) | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 23.8 | 5.1 | 3.4 | \(+\)1.25 |
\(X_3\) | 1.7 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 51.6 | 13.9 | 10.1 | −2.84 |
\(X_4\) | 55.5 | 88.3 | 100.1 | 121.4 | 248.0 | 107.6 | 28.9 | \(+\)2.28 |
\(X_5\) | 33.4 | 85.6 | 100.3 | 135.5 | 411.3 | 116.0 | 49.7 | \(+\)1.88 |
\(X_6\) | 1.8 | 8.0 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 31.1 | 13.3 | 6.2 | \(+\)3.14 |
\(X_7\) | 1.9 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 28.8 | 8.5 | 4.8 | −1.76 |
\(X_8\) | 5.2 | 13.3 | 17.9 | 24.7 | 40.4 | 19.2 | 7.3 | −0.30 |
\(X_9\) | 0.2 | 19.9 | 58.6 | 115.7 | 1233.6 | 115.1 | 182.0 | \(+\)19.85 |
\(X_{10}\) | 0.0 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 7.9 | 25.3 | 6.2 | 5.0 | \(+\)8.35 |
\(X_{11}\) | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | −0.39 |
\(X_{12}\) | 11.0 | 33.8 | 46.9 | 79.7 | 270.9 | 66.5 | 52.0 | −0.75 |
3.2 Imputation of Missing Values and Cointegration Analysis
4 Methodology
5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Trajectories of Sustainability
Country | Average score | Average rank | Mobility index | |||||||||
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SUS | ECO | SOC | ENV | SUS | ECO | SOC | ENV | SUS | ECO | SOC | ENV | |
Austria | 2.691 | 1.714 | 1.230 | 1.288 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 15.7 | 11.6 | \(+\)0.030 | −5.805 | \(+\)0.199 | \(+\)5.316 |
Belgium | 2.291 | 1.327 | 1.381 | 1.254 | 24.6 | 25.9 | 3.0 | 16.9 | −0.100 | −0.627 | −0.308 | \(+\)1.265 |
Bulgaria | 2.426 | 1.614 | 1.144 | 1.313 | 18.5 | 10.1 | 27.4 | 10.4 | \(+\)1.241 | \(+\)1.215 | \(+\)0.025 | −0.187 |
Croatia | 2.328 | 1.569 | 1.224 | 1.212 | 23.6 | 14.1 | 18.8 | 22.0 | \(+\)0.462 | \(+\)0.193 | \(+\)0.280 | −0.880 |
Cyprus | 2.096 | 1.425 | 1.259 | 1.169 | 26.4 | 23.2 | 12.8 | 25.8 | −0.226 | \(+\)0.583 | \(+\)0.728 | −0.262 |
Czechia | 2.544 | 1.472 | 1.323 | 1.309 | 8.3 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 10.0 | −0.283 | \(+\)0.500 | −0.400 | −0.559 |
Denmark | 2.497 | 1.554 | 1.339 | 1.201 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 4.5 | 22.7 | \(+\)0.997 | \(+\)0.052 | −0.518 | \(+\)0.135 |
Estonia | 2.539 | 1.514 | 1.181 | 1.424 | 9.2 | 17.5 | 22.4 | 2.4 | \(+\)0.992 | −0.515 | \(+\)4.297 | −1.167 |
Finland | 2.542 | 1.580 | 1.264 | 1.276 | 8.6 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.5 | \(+\)0.049 | −1.137 | \(+\)0.379 | \(+\)0.880 |
France | 2.553 | 1.671 | 1.263 | 1.210 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 19.4 | \(+\)0.285 | \(+\)0.273 | \(+\)0.333 | −0.051 |
Germany | 2.540 | 1.508 | 1.294 | 1.303 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 7.9 | 9.8 | \(+\)0.648 | −0.277 | −0.574 | \(+\)3.834 |
Greece | 2.467 | 1.514 | 1.243 | 1.311 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 10.1 | −0.337 | \(+\)0.107 | −0.286 | −0.041 |
Hungary | 2.567 | 1.645 | 1.177 | 1.327 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 23.9 | 6.3 | \(+\)0.401 | −0.365 | \(+\)0.129 | \(+\)0.017 |
Ireland | 2.409 | 1.614 | 1.246 | 1.197 | 21.9 | 10.6 | 15.1 | 23.3 | \(+\)0.354 | \(+\)0.060 | \(+\)0.111 | −0.400 |
Italy | 2.494 | 1.605 | 1.257 | 1.238 | 15.5 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 17.9 | −0.174 | −0.533 | −0.027 | \(+\)1.519 |
Latvia | 2.542 | 1.587 | 1.158 | 1.385 | 8.4 | 12.0 | 25.6 | 3.2 | \(+\)0.298 | −0.707 | −0.195 | \(+\)0.563 |
Lithuania | 2.501 | 1.631 | 1.185 | 1.296 | 14.0 | 8.6 | 22.7 | 11.4 | \(+\)1.934 | \(+\)0.428 | \(+\)0.754 | \(+\)0.489 |
Luxembourg | 2.413 | 1.440 | 1.407 | 1.193 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 2.3 | 25.3 | −0.050 | \(+\)0.679 | −0.486 | −0.037 |
Malta | 1.848 | 1.261 | 1.225 | 1.176 | 27.2 | 26.5 | 14.5 | 21.5 | \(+\)0.256 | \(+\)0.262 | \(+\)1.865 | \(+\)2.387 |
Netherlands | 2.070 | 1.237 | 1.372 | 1.221 | 26.9 | 27.6 | 3.8 | 19.3 | −0.295 | −0.169 | \(+\)1.297 | \(+\)0.931 |
Poland | 2.477 | 1.698 | 1.182 | 1.236 | 17.6 | 4.5 | 23.5 | 19.1 | \(+\)0.258 | \(+\)0.328 | \(+\)0.160 | −1.877 |
Portugal | 2.489 | 1.582 | 1.240 | 1.271 | 16.5 | 12.7 | 17.2 | 13.9 | \(+\)0.279 | \(+\)0.221 | \(+\)0.372 | −1.208 |
Romania | 2.521 | 1.431 | 1.244 | 1.417 | 11.9 | 23.3 | 15.6 | 2.3 | \(+\)1.138 | −0.340 | \(+\)1.858 | −0.125 |
Slovakia | 2.593 | 1.622 | 1.194 | 1.342 | 3.4 | 8.2 | 20.6 | 5.2 | \(+\)1.240 | −0.585 | \(+\)1.478 | \(+\)2.030 |
Slovenia | 2.528 | 1.652 | 1.266 | 1.209 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 11.8 | 20.2 | \(+\)0.122 | −0.306 | \(+\)0.233 | \(+\)0.029 |
Spain | 2.485 | 1.531 | 1.237 | 1.312 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 10.2 | \(+\)0.018 | \(+\)0.119 | −0.048 | \(+\)0.045 |
Sweden | 2.579 | 1.571 | 1.267 | 1.302 | 3.5 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 11.2 | \(+\)0.062 | −1.397 | −1.922 | \(+\)2.864 |
United Kingdom | 2.505 | 1.617 | 1.289 | 1.202 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 22.1 | −0.096 | \(+\)0.364 | −0.774 | −0.026 |
5.2 Relative Importance of Sustainable Dimensions and Basic Indicators
Country | ECO | SOC | ENV |
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Austria | 53.36 (−1.54) | 20.55 (\(+\)0.66) | 25.10 (\(+\)1.11) |
Belgium | 28.12 (−0.70) | 32.20 (\(+\)0.60) | 22.52 (\(+\)0.66) |
Bulgaria | 47.77 (\(+\)0.82) | 13.48 (\(+\)0.19) | 27.20 (\(+\)0.28) |
Croatia | 44.98 (\(+\)0.61) | 20.16 (\(+\)0.30) | 19.16 (\(+\)0.29) |
Cyprus | 35.36 (\(+\)0.21) | 22.89 (\(+\)0.16) | 15.58 (\(+\)0.09) |
Czechia | 38.60 (−0.03) | 27.93 (\(+\)0.46) | 26.84 (−0.20) |
Denmark | 44.02 (\(+\)0.15) | 29.18 (\(+\)0.11) | 18.30 (\(+\)0.07) |
Estonia | 41.34 (−0.20) | 16.61 (\(+\)0.66) | 35.22 (\(+\)0.02) |
Finland | 45.63 (−0.47) | 23.40 (\(+\)0.21) | 24.26 (\(+\)0.48) |
France | 51.35 (−0.05) | 23.32 (\(+\)0.30) | 19.02 (\(+\)0.10) |
Germany | 41.01 (−0.17) | 25.79 (−0.08) | 26.38 (\(+\)0.69) |
Greece | 41.47 (\(+\)0.10) | 21.73 (−0.04) | 27.08 (\(+\)0.02) |
Hungary | 49.75 (−0.22) | 16.22 (\(+\)0.46) | 28.27 (\(+\)0.10) |
Ireland | 47.83 (\(+\)0.34) | 22.01 (\(+\)0.26) | 18.01 (\(+\)0.15) |
Italy | 47.22 (−0.69) | 22.84 (\(+\)0.05) | 21.31 (\(+\)0.83) |
Latvia | 46.14 (−0.45) | 14.69 (\(+\)0.24) | 32.46 (\(+\)0.60) |
Lithuania | 48.83 (−0.19) | 16.90 (\(+\)0.71) | 25.88 (\(+\)0.24) |
Luxembourg | 36.38 (\(+\)0.75) | 34.09 (−0.50) | 17.62 (\(+\)0.06) |
Malta | 22.80 (\(+\)1.41) | 19.94 (\(+\)1.50) | 15.86 (\(+\)1.37) |
Netherlands | 21.20 (−0.47) | 31.51 (\(+\)0.86) | 19.87 (\(+\)0.70) |
Poland | 52.86 (\(+\)0.29) | 16.65 (\(+\)0.44) | 21.15 (−0.21) |
Portugal | 45.75 (\(+\)0.39) | 21.53 (\(+\)0.29) | 23.92 (−0.51) |
Romania | 35.80 (−0.38) | 21.79 (\(+\)0.38) | 34.86 (\(+\)0.39) |
Slovakia | 48.21 (−0.32) | 17.66 (\(+\)0.44) | 29.39 (\(+\)0.39) |
Slovenia | 50.20 (\(+\)0.28) | 23.57 (−0.01) | 18.96 (\(+\)0.07) |
Spain | 42.59 (\(+\)0.11) | 21.28 (\(+\)0.09) | 27.17 (\(+\)0.08) |
Sweden | 44.96 (\(+\)0.69) | 23.63 (−1.05) | 26.14 (\(+\)0.71) |
United Kingdom | 48.07 (\(+\)0.38) | 25.39 (−0.25) | 18.37 (\(+\)0.03) |
(Overall) | 42.91 (\(+\)0.02) | 22.39 (\(+\)0.27) | 23.78 (\(+\)0.31) |
Country | \(X_1\) | \(X_2\) | \(X_3\) | \(X_4\) | \(X_5\) | \(X_6\) |
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Austria | 5.81 (−0.43) | 14.36 (\(+\)0.00) | 12.93 (−0.62) | 9.37 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.47 (−0.63) | 8.87 (\(+\)0.00) |
Belgium | 9.80 (−0.63) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.27 (−0.46) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Bulgaria | 14.99 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.99 (\(+\)0.14) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Croatia | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.67 (−0.20) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.78 (\(+\)0.15) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.90 (\(+\)0.00) |
Cyprus | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.35 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.59 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Czechia | 10.30 (−0.63) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.12 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.53 (\(+\)0.48) | 14.41 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.12 (\(+\)0.00) |
Denmark | 7.49 (\(+\)0.45) | 14.31 (−0.45) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.89 (\(+\)0.62) | 14.41 (−0.62) | 13.64 (\(+\)0.58) |
Estonia | 12.74 (−0.43) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.86 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.82 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.85 (\(+\)0.63) |
Finland | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.36 (−0.62) | 8.29 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.29 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.79 (\(+\)0.17) |
France | 14.97 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.06 (−0.62) | 13.37 (\(+\)0.36) | 14.41 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.88 (−0.36) |
Germany | 10.22 (−0.14) | 8.26 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.32 (−0.62) | 7.16 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.12 (\(+\)0.37) | 14.41 (\(+\)0.00) |
Greece | 14.88 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.11 (\(+\)0.07) | 14.96 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.89 (−0.07) |
Hungary | 13.38 (−0.42) | 9.62 (−0.49) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.85 (\(+\)0.49) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Ireland | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.45 (−0.08) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.21 (\(+\)0.16) |
Italy | 12.91 (−0.63) | 7.13 (−0.26) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.67 (\(+\)0.04) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Latvia | 12.61 (−0.49) | 8.30 (−0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 8.61 (\(+\)0.44) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.56 (\(+\)0.19) |
Lithuania | 13.56 (−0.63) | 8.80 (−0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 10.98 (\(+\)0.62) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.50 (\(+\)0.61) |
Luxembourg | 6.19 (\(+\)0.09) | 13.24 (\(+\)0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.81 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Malta | 13.82 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.47 (−0.63) | 14.81 (\(+\)0.00) |
Netherlands | 6.76 (−0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.94 (−0.63) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Poland | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 12.65 (−0.63) | 10.65 (\(+\)0.62) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.63 (\(+\)0.00) |
Portugal | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.13 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 10.02 (\(+\)0.33) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 12.53 (\(+\)0.61) |
Romania | 8.75 (−0.59) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Slovakia | 13.85 (−0.63) | 11.05 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.59 (\(+\)0.63) | 7.14 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.03 (−0.60) | 7.08 (\(+\)0.00) |
Slovenia | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.11 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.01 (\(+\)0.11) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.55 (\(+\)0.00) |
Spain | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.79 (−0.02) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.35 (\(+\)0.02) |
Sweden | 14.80 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.47 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.21 (−0.04) | 12.95 (\(+\)0.62) | 12.98 (−0.59) |
United Kingdom | 14.57 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.33 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.45 (\(+\)0.32) | 14.33 (−0.35) |
(Overall) | 12.59 (−0.20) | 6.96 (−0.07) | 5.79 (−0.09) | 8.88 (\(+\)0.16) | 13.74 (−0.08) | 11.35 (\(+\)0.06) |
Country | \(X_7\) | \(X_8\) | \(X_9\) | \(X_{10}\) | \(X_{11}\) | \(X_{12}\) |
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Austria | 5.69 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.18 (\(+\)0.63) | 7.86 (\(+\)0.54) | 5.18 (\(+\)0.20) | 6.52 (\(+\)0.32) | 5.77 (\(+\)0.00) |
Belgium | 14.32 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.55 (\(+\)0.46) | 12.06 (\(+\)0.63) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Bulgaria | 5.25 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.77 (−0.14) |
Croatia | 5.06 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.59 (\(+\)0.05) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Cyprus | 10.88 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.18 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Czechia | 9.77 (\(+\)0.42) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.48 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.67 (\(+\)0.00) | 8.58 (−0.27) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Denmark | 7.37 (−0.58) | 10.90 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Estonia | 6.95 (−0.02) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.02 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.12 (−0.61) | 6.63 (\(+\)0.43) |
Finland | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.29 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.19 (\(+\)0.43) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.78 (\(+\)0.02) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
France | 5.06 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.94 (\(+\)0.60) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.30 (\(+\)0.03) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Germany | 7.63 (\(+\)0.14) | 5.63 (−0.37) | 13.24 (\(+\)0.63) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Greece | 5.16 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Hungary | 7.15 (\(+\)0.42) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Ireland | 5.84 (−0.08) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.49 (\(+\)0.00) |
Italy | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 6.38 (\(+\)0.63) | 6.90 (\(+\)0.22) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Latvia | 5.18 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 9.46 (\(+\)0.63) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.28 (−0.13) |
Lithuania | 5.89 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.25 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.01 (\(+\)0.01) |
Luxembourg | 14.25 (−0.09) | 9.51 (−0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Malta | 14.41 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 10.48 (\(+\)0.62) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Netherlands | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 13.24 (\(+\)0.62) | 12.06 (\(+\)0.63) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Poland | 6.69 (\(+\)0.39) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 8.39 (−0.39) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Portugal | 6.07 (−0.33) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 11.25 (−0.61) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Romania | 13.56 (\(+\)0.32) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 15.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 12.69 (\(+\)0.27) |
Slovakia | 5.59 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.84 (\(+\)0.37) | 5.27 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 14.79 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.77 (\(+\)0.24) |
Slovenia | 5.33 (\(+\)0.04) | 5.55 (−0.14) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.45 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Spain | 5.02 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.07 (\(+\)0.03) | 14.78 (−0.03) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
Sweden | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 7.02 (−0.63) | 5.19 (\(+\)0.20) | 7.37 (\(+\)0.63) | 10.01 (−0.20) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
United Kingdom | 8.09 (\(+\)0.03) | 5.23 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) | 5.00 (\(+\)0.00) |
(Overall) | 7.72 (\(+\)0.02) | 6.42 (\(+\)0.03) | 6.44 (\(+\)0.15) | 5.70 (\(+\)0.06) | 8.96 (−0.06) | 5.44 (\(+\)0.02) |
5.3 Comparison with Existing Studies
5.4 Comparison with CAP Subsidies
SE605
), “Subsidies on investments” (SE406
), “Environmental subsidies” (SE621
), “Subsidies for less favourite areas” (SE622
), and “Other rural development payments” (SE623
). Total CAP subsidies were obtained by summing the indicators SE605
and SE406
. Also, we distinguished CAP subsidies based on economic, social and environmental objectives: environmental subsidies are directly measured by the indicator SE621
, while social subsidies were proxied by summing the indicators SE622
and SE623
. Finally, subsidies targeting the economic dimension were obtained by subtraction from total CAP subsidies. All the data on CAP subsidies were divided by the utilized agricultural area (UAA) to allow comparisons among countries.Country | Scores | CAP subsidies to UAA | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SUS | ECO | SOC | ENV | SUS | ECO | SOC | ENV | |
Austria | \(+\)0.030 | −5.805 | \(+\)1.996 | \(+\)3.853 | −0.015 | \(+\)0.022 | \(+\)0.005 | −0.335 |
Belgium | −0.001 | −0.491 | −0.813 | \(+\)1.261 | \(+\)0.009 | −0.012 | \(+\)0.062 | −0.008 |
Bulgaria | \(+\)1.241 | \(+\)1.215 | \(+\)0.025 | −0.184 | \(+\)0.037 | \(+\)0.057 | \(+\)0.010 | \(+\)0.126 |
Croatia | \(+\)0.462 | \(+\)0.193 | \(+\)0.333 | −0.990 | \(+\)0.052 | \(+\)0.042 | \(+\)0.176 | \(+\)0.065 |
Cyprus | −0.226 | \(+\)0.594 | \(+\)0.728 | −0.262 | −0.021 | \(+\)0.155 | \(+\)0.101 | \(+\)0.568 |
Czechia | \(+\)0.044 | −0.457 | −0.400 | \(+\)0.055 | \(+\)0.102 | \(+\)0.116 | \(+\)0.223 | \(+\)0.360 |
Denmark | \(+\)0.997 | \(+\)0.902 | −1.099 | \(+\)0.136 | \(+\)0.022 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.038 | \(+\)0.011 |
Estonia | \(+\)1.103 | −0.507 | \(+\)3.730 | −0.782 | \(+\)0.128 | \(+\)0.286 | −0.770 | −0.219 |
Finland | \(+\)0.049 | −1.137 | \(+\)0.379 | \(+\)0.880 | −0.002 | −0.014 | \(+\)0.014 | −0.011 |
France | \(+\)0.272 | \(+\)0.273 | \(+\)0.409 | −0.062 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.001 | \(+\)0.006 | −0.001 |
Germany | \(+\)0.971 | \(+\)0.239 | −0.658 | \(+\)3.883 | \(+\)0.002 | \(+\)0.004 | \(+\)0.001 | −0.004 |
Greece | −0.357 | \(+\)0.004 | −0.286 | −0.041 | \(+\)0.002 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.002 | \(+\)0.000 |
Hungary | \(+\)0.398 | −0.389 | \(+\)0.129 | \(+\)0.017 | \(+\)0.003 | −0.002 | \(+\)0.004 | \(+\)0.026 |
Ireland | \(+\)0.354 | \(+\)0.060 | \(+\)0.104 | −0.004 | −0.004 | −0.004 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.039 |
Italy | −0.239 | −0.253 | −0.034 | \(+\)0.942 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.001 | \(+\)0.002 | −0.001 |
Latvia | \(+\)0.242 | −0.698 | −0.195 | \(+\)0.569 | \(+\)0.023 | \(+\)0.018 | −0.056 | \(+\)0.094 |
Lithuania | \(+\)1.638 | \(+\)0.404 | \(+\)0.745 | \(+\)0.489 | \(+\)0.003 | \(+\)0.025 | −0.038 | \(+\)0.050 |
Luxembourg | \(+\)0.027 | \(+\)0.773 | −0.486 | −0.037 | \(+\)0.339 | \(+\)0.341 | \(+\)0.121 | \(+\)0.000 |
Malta | \(+\)0.256 | \(+\)0.255 | \(+\)1.865 | \(+\)2.379 | −0.726 | −0.534 | −0.715 | \(+\)0.533 |
Netherlands | −0.295 | −0.169 | \(+\)1.343 | \(+\)0.902 | \(+\)0.024 | \(+\)0.042 | \(+\)0.068 | −0.390 |
Poland | \(+\)0.236 | \(+\)0.328 | \(+\)0.160 | −1.878 | −0.001 | −0.001 | \(+\)0.003 | −0.003 |
Portugal | \(+\)0.279 | \(+\)0.217 | \(+\)0.372 | −1.182 | −0.004 | −0.004 | −0.015 | \(+\)0.017 |
Romania | \(+\)1.150 | −0.340 | \(+\)1.857 | −0.125 | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.000 | −0.001 | \(+\)0.000 |
Slovakia | \(+\)1.229 | −2.544 | \(+\)2.950 | \(+\)2.388 | \(+\)0.149 | −0.020 | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.063 |
Slovenia | \(+\)0.090 | −0.322 | \(+\)0.229 | \(+\)0.029 | −0.175 | −0.009 | −0.404 | \(+\)0.030 |
Spain | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.119 | −0.053 | \(+\)0.048 | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.000 | \(+\)0.002 |
Sweden | \(+\)0.058 | −1.397 | −1.922 | \(+\)2.680 | \(+\)0.004 | \(+\)0.017 | \(+\)0.141 | −0.001 |
United Kingdom | −0.056 | \(+\)0.372 | −0.773 | −0.025 | −0.005 | −0.004 | −0.008 | −0.002 |
5.5 Sensitivity Analysis
Country | G–BoD | A–BoD | G–U | A–U |
---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | 1.1 (\(+\)0.030) | 3.2 (\(+\)0.072) | 1.9 (\(+\)0.086) | 2.7 (\(+\)0.562) |
Belgium | 24.6 (−0.001) | 22.5 (\(+\)0.530) | 21.1 (\(+\)0.262) | 20.8 (\(+\)0.244) |
Bulgaria | 18.5 (\(+\)1.241) | 5.0 (−0.074) | 15.6 (\(+\)2.651) | 12.2 (−2.040) |
Croatia | 23.6 (\(+\)0.462) | 27.0 (\(+\)0.489) | 25.2 (\(+\)1.356) | 25.8 (−0.282) |
Cyprus | 26.4 (−0.226) | 13.0 (−1.157) | 9.6 (−0.785) | 26.0 (−0.095) |
Czechia | 8.3 (−0.283) | 4.8 (\(+\)0.187) | 5.7 (\(+\)0.295) | 4.9 (\(+\)0.031) |
Denmark | 15.4 (\(+\)0.997) | 9.7 (−0.430) | 8.9 (−0.058) | 9.9 (−0.076) |
Estonia | 9.2 (\(+\)0.992) | 19.0 (\(+\)1.375) | 20.1 (\(+\)1.684) | 8.4 (\(+\)1.735) |
Finland | 8.6 (\(+\)0.049) | 19.6 (−0.018) | 15.2 (\(+\)0.243) | 11.9 (\(+\)0.015) |
France | 6.8 (\(+\)0.285) | 18.6 (\(+\)0.732) | 12.4 (\(+\)0.176) | 7.9 (\(+\)0.421) |
Germany | 9.4 (\(+\)0.648) | 13.9 (\(+\)0.449) | 10.6 (−0.433) | 17.1 (−0.257) |
Greece | 18.3 (−0.337) | 11.8 (−0.484) | 23.3 (−0.369) | 21.9 (−0.087) |
Hungary | 5.4 (\(+\)0.401) | 9.6 (\(+\)0.351) | 9.7 (\(+\)1.398) | 9.6 (\(+\)0.040) |
Ireland | 21.9 (\(+\)0.354) | 19.0 (\(+\)0.156) | 13.8 (\(+\)0.046) | 16.3 (\(+\)0.791) |
Italy | 15.5 (−0.174) | 18.2 (\(+\)0.267) | 10.5 (−0.503) | 24.9 (\(+\)0.077) |
Latvia | 8.4 (\(+\)0.298) | 15.1 (\(+\)1.263) | 24.0 (\(+\)0.739) | 11.3 (−0.875) |
Lithuania | 14.0 (\(+\)1.934) | 25.4 (\(+\)4.903) | 22.5 (\(+\)0.594) | 15.2 (\(+\)1.817) |
Luxembourg | 22.3 (−0.050) | 5.6 (\(+\)0.300) | 7.6 (\(+\)0.448) | 14.4 (−0.784) |
Malta | 27.2 (\(+\)0.256) | 15.0 (\(+\)4.979) | 20.3 (−0.781) | 27.9 (\(+\)0.015) |
Netherlands | 26.9 (−0.295) | 12.9 (\(+\)2.166) | 17.1 (\(+\)0.490) | 12.5 (\(+\)3.088) |
Poland | 17.6 (\(+\)0.258) | 9.3 (\(+\)0.316) | 16.6 (\(+\)1.798) | 21.8 (\(+\)0.170) |
Portugal | 16.5 (\(+\)0.279) | 26.4 (\(+\)0.249) | 22.5 (\(+\)0.569) | 19.6 (−0.004) |
Romania | 11.9 (\(+\)1.138) | 6.8 (\(+\)0.517) | 12.5 (−1.478) | 1.4 (\(+\)0.029) |
Slovakia | 3.4 (\(+\)1.234) | 5.2 (−0.001) | 5.6 (\(+\)0.943) | 6.9 (\(+\)2.017) |
Slovenia | 10.5 (\(+\)0.122) | 21.2 (\(+\)0.574) | 12.4 (\(+\)0.761) | 10.1 (\(+\)0.009) |
Spain | 16.8 (\(+\)0.018) | 14.4 (\(+\)1.076) | 17.8 (\(+\)0.883) | 22.0 (−0.077) |
Sweden | 3.5 (\(+\)0.062) | 14.2 (\(+\)1.390) | 9.3 (\(+\)1.411) | 9.2 (−0.361) |
United Kingdom | 13.9 (−0.096) | 19.6 (−0.633) | 14.2 (−0.285) | 13.3 (−0.090) |