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  4. Selling and rental prices of agricultural land

Selling and rental prices of agricultural land

Statistical activity code: 20415

1. Contact
1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Estonia

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Economic and Environmental Statistics Department

1.3. Contact name

Pille Veidenberg

1.4. Contact person function

Leading Analyst

1.5. Contact mail address

51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia

1.6. Contact email address

pille.veidenberg [at] stat.ee

1.7. Contact phone number

+372 625 9136

2. Metadata update
2.1. Metadata last certified

10/02/2023

2.2. Metadata last update

10/02/2023

3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description

Agricultural land prices and rents

3.2. Classification system

Classification of Agricultural Land

3.3. Sector coverage

Sale and rent transactions of agricultural land

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Arable land – land worked regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation.

Average rent per hectare of agricultural land – all rent expenses per hectare of utilised agricultural area paid by lessee in a calendar year.

Average sale price per hectare of agricultural land – average price per hectare of utilised agricultural area sold in a calendar year.

Permanent grassland – land used to grow grass and other herbaceous crops, through cultivation (sown) or naturally (self-seeded) and which is not included in the crop rotation for more than 5 years. Species suitable for grazing should be included, provided that grass and other herbaceous crops remain dominating.

Utilised agricultural area – area utilised by agricultural holdings for agricultural production or maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition (incl. arable land, permanent grassland, fruit and berry plantations, nurseries and kitchen gardens).

3.5. Statistical unit

Sale transaction

Rent transaction

3.6. Statistical population

Transactions in selling and renting agricultural area

FRAME

Not applicable

3.7. Reference area

From 2013, sale prices of agricultural land are published by county, if possible.

3.8. Time coverage

2009–…

3.9. Base period

Not applicable

4. Unit of measure

Price – euro

5. Reference period

Year

6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements

DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER LEGAL ACTS

Not available

OTHER AGREEMENTS

Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)

7. Confidentiality
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 32, § 34, § 35, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act.

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The dissemination of data collected for the production of official statistics is based on the requirements laid down in §§ 34 and 35 of the Official Statistics Act.

The principles for treatment of confidential data can be found here.

8. Release policy
8.1. Release calendar

Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. Every year on 1 October, the release times of the statistical database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications for the following year are announced in the release calendar (in the case of publications – the release month).

8.2. Release calendar access

Calendar

8.3. User access

All users have been granted equal access to official statistics: dissemination dates of official statistics are announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) is provided access to official statistics before other users. Official statistics are first published in the statistical database. If there is also a news release, it is published simultaneously with data in the statistical database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar.

9. Frequency of dissemination

Annual

10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release

Not published

10.2. Publications

Not published

10.3. Online database

Data are published in the statistical database at https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat under the subject area “Economy / Agriculture / Economic accounts for agriculture” in the following table:

PM59: Utilised agricultural land prices and rents per hectare by county.

10.4. Microdata access

The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 33, § 34, § 35, § 36, § 38 of the Official Statistics Act. Access to microdata and anonymisation of microdata are regulated by Statistics Estonia’s procedure for dissemination of confidential data for scientific purposes.

10.5. Other

Data serve as input for statistical activity 21207 “Economic accounts for agriculture”.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Eurostat's manual on agricultural land prices and rents

10.7. Quality documentation

The quality report submitted to Eurostat

11. Quality management
11.1. Quality assurance

To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements in § 7. “Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics” of the Official Statistics Act.

11.2. Quality assessment

Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process; this information can take many forms, including feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees. This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.

12. Relevance
12.1. User needs

Ministry of Rural Affairs

12.2. User satisfaction

Since 1996, Statistics Estonia has conducted reputation and user satisfaction surveys. All results are available on the website of Statistics Estonia in the section User surveys.

12.3. Completeness

In compliance with the rules (regulations)

13. Accuracy and reliability
13.1. Overall accuracy

The type of survey and the data collection methods ensure sufficient coverage and timeliness.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not measured

14. Timeliness and punctuality
14.1. Timeliness

14.2. Punctuality

The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar.

15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical

The data are comparable to the data of other Member States of the European Union because a common methodology is used. Data on Estonia are comparable across counties.

15.2. Comparability - over time

From 2020, sale prices have been published in co-operation with the Estonian Land Board by processing the data of the Land Board and ARIB. Therefore, the data are not comparable with the data of prior periods.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The data are closely linked to other statistics in the field of agriculture, i.e. the same concepts and definitions are used as in other agricultural statistics.

15.4. Coherence - internal

The internal consistency of the data is ensured by the use of a common methodology for data collection and data aggregation.

16. Cost and burden

17. Data revision
17.1. Data revision - policy

The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the section Principles of dissemination of official statistics of the website of Statistics Estonia.

17.2. Data revision - practice

The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, errors are discovered, new or better data become available.

18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data

SURVEY DATA

Not used

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

Sale prices of agricultural land, including arable land and permanent grassland, from the Estonian Land Board.

Rents of agricultural land from Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) of Agricultural Research Centre.

DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES

Not used

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual

18.3. Data collection

Data are received by e-mail.

18.4. Data validation

Arithmetic and qualitative controls are used in the validation process, including comparison with other data.

18.5. Data compilation

In 2009–2012 only the transactions with agricultural land that were made by legal persons whose main economic activity is agriculture were registered.

In 2013–2019 data on sale transactions and in 2014–2018 also rent transactions were published on the basis of administrative (data of the Agricultural Registers and Information Board (ARIB), the Estonian Land Board, the Centre of Registers and Information Systems and the Estonian Tax and Customs Board were processed).

From 2019, land rents have been published on the basis of Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) of Agricultural Research Centre.

From 2020, sale prices have been published in co-operation with the Land Board by processing the data of the Land Board and ARIB.

When processing the Land Board data, a transaction has been excluded in the following cases: 1) according to ARIB, the share of land use is less than 90% of the respective land use type; 2) the transaction object is not designated 100% as profit yielding land; 3) the transaction object is built up; 4) the type of the transaction object is not immovable property; 5) the transaction type is not sale-purchase; 6) one transaction party is the state or local government, excl. state and local government auctions; 7) the number of immovables is more than one; 8) at the time of transaction, the transferred immovable was encumbered with building rights or usufruct; 9) it is a block transaction – several transaction objects are sold under the same notarial contract; 10) the parties to the transaction are connected (business or family relations, etc.); 11) there is some other known circumstance that indicates that the transaction did not take place in free market conditions; 12) the area of the transaction object is less than two hectares; 13) it is a repeat transaction; of the repeated transactions made on the same day, the transaction with the lowest price is excluded; 14) the transaction unit price is less than 1,000 euros per hectare or more than 6,000 euros per hectare.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

19. Comments

Not available

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