Table 1

Farm ownership status of female farmers by federal state, Austria.

Statut de propriété des agricultrices par État fédéré, Autriche.

Share of female farm managers (2020)* Female farmers by farm ownership type** Farm inheritance act Family farms inheritance customs 1900–1914***

Owned jointly by husband and wife Owned exclusively by husband Owned exclusively by wife Other

Total 31% 51% 31% 13% 6% EHA (1958-) /
Burgenland 34% 54% 18% 19% 8% EHA (1958–) mixed
Carinthia 27% 19% 58% 21% 2% CHFA (1903/1930/1990–) undivided
Lower Austria 31% 62% 19% 13% 6% EHA (1958–) undivided
Upper Austria 35% 62% 19% 14% 5% EHA (1958–) undivided
Salzburg 38% 56% 34% 7% 4% EHA (1958–) undivided
Steiermark 35% 59% 24% 12% 5% EHA (1958–) undivided
Tyrol 17% 15% 65% 12% 8% TLIAE (1900–) undivided
Vorarlberg 20% 29% 46% 13% 13% EHA (1992–) divided
Vienna 25% Combined to Lower Austria EHA (1958–) undivided

Abbreviations: Exclusive Heir Act (EHA), Carinthian Hereditary Farms Act (CHFA), and Tyrolean Law of Inheritance for Agricultural Estates (TLIAE).

Sources: * BML (2021). ** Mayr et al. (2017). ***Kretschmer (1980).

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