Number of foreign candidates benefiting from “Young Farmer” grants per year :

around 46 / year(annual average between 2000 and 2004), i.e. around 0.73% of the total number of installations benefiting from Young Farmer grants per year in France.

(source Cnasea)

90% of foreign buyers in the French rural market come from the European Union and Switzerland.

85% of foreign buyers come from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands or Belgium.

The largest share of buyers (in number) are those of British nationality, both on the agricultural and non-agricultural markets (country houses).

1.5% of the French agricultural market in 2004

14.3 % of the country house market in 2004
 
85% of purchases made by foreigners take place on the non-agricultural market, mainly on the country house market.