Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
The Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA) provide an overview of the agricultural activities in a systematic and comparable way to serve as basis for analyses, forecasts and political measures. The methodology is laid down in Annex I of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The EAA methodological manual provides further details and clarifications (website).
3.2. Classification system
The EAA are a satellite account of the European System of Accounts (ESA), therefore EAA constitute an integral part of the ESA. As such, they are compiled based on NACE Rev. 2, the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community. The list of activities, which defines the agricultural industry corresponds, in principle, to Division 01 of that classification: Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities. However, some differences exist that are detailed in Annex I of Regulation (EC) 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
3.3. Coverage - sector
The sector covers all units involved in agricultural production, even if some of those units have other more important economic activities even if the purpose of these activities is not commercial. However, kitchen gardens (producing for own-consumption only) are not included.
The list of agricultural activities covered by EAA corresponds to the seven groups of Division 01 of NACE Rev 2 activities (01.1 to 01.7), with the following caveats/differences:
inclusion of the production of wine and olive oil (exclusively using grapes and olives grown by the same holding),
exclusion of certain activities which, in NACE Rev. 2, are considered as agricultural services (e.g. the operation of irrigation systems - only agricultural contract work is taken into account here).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
The EAA are a satellite account of the ESA providing complementary information and concepts adapted to the particular nature of the agricultural industry.
The EAA are shown as a sequence of inter-related accounts. As the EAA are based on the industry concept, the sequence of accounts is limited to the first accounts of the current accounts:
the production account (its balancing item: value added)
the generation-of-income account (its balancing item: operating surplus).
Nevertheless EAA contains other accounts (of the ESA) at least partly:
the entrepreneurial income account (one of the current accounts) and
the capital account (one of the accumulation accounts).
The EAA provide a wide range of indicators on the economic activities of the agricultural sector: these include output, intermediate consumption, gross and net value added, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), both at current prices and at reference year prices, as well as compensation of employees, other taxes and subsidies on production, net operating surplus or net mixed income, property income and net entrepreneurial income at current prices. (see for more details points 1.40-1.48 in Annex I of Regulation (EC) 138/2004.)
Three income indicators are defined in the EAA:
Index of the real income of factors in agriculture per annual work unit (indicator A).
Index of real net agricultural entrepreneurial income per unpaid annual work unit (indicator B).
Net entrepreneurial income of agriculture (indicator C).
See for more details chapter 5 in Annex I of Regulation (EC) 138/2004.
3.4.1. Components of the Production account : Output
Agricultural output is the total of the agricultural products and the goods and services produced in inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities during the accounting period. It is recorded as a resource in the production account and it is valued and recorded at the time it is generated, i.e. when produced and not when paid by the purchaser. In the compilation of the EAA, output is progressively broken down in quantity terms (see point 2.037 of Regulation (EC) 138/2004). Output is valued at the basic price. The basic price is the price receivable by the producers from the purchaser for a unit of a good or service produced, minus any tax (i.e. taxes on products) payable on that unit plus any subsidy (i.e. subsidies on products) receivable on that unit. The basic price excludes any transport charges invoiced separately by the producer. It also excludes holding gains and losses on financial and non-financial assets. The valuation of output at the basic price makes it necessary to distinguish between taxes (other than VAT) on products and subsidies on products, on the one hand, and other taxes and subsidies on production, on the other.
The components of output in the production account are detailed in ANNEX II of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004. The other categories are wider, defined by the countries according to their special characteristics. The table below covers the list of products included under ‘other’ categories.
List of 'Other products'
Items
Other cereals except wheat and spelt, rye and meslin, barley, oats and summer cereals mixture, grain maize, rice
not relevant
Other oleaginous products except Rape and turnip rape seed, Sunflower, Soya
not relevant
Other industrial crops: others than Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (including seeds), Protein crops (including seeds), Raw tobacco, Sugarbeet, Fibre plants, Hops
This item covers hay, green fodder and cereal straw.
Other fresh vegetables except Cauliflower, Tomatoes
This item covers cucumbers, peppers, carrots, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, broccoli and salad.
Other fresh fruit, except apples, pears, peaches
not relevant
Fiber plants
not relevant
Other crop products: Others: not elsewhere classified
not relevant
Other animals Other than cattle, pigs, equines, sheep and goats, poultry
This item covers selected minks suitable for breeding.
Other animal products: others than milk, eggs, raw wool, silkworm cocoons
This item covers raw wool, refined down and mink fur.
Processing of agricultural products:
Items
Other animal products other than milk
not relevant
Other inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities (goods and services) Other than Processing of agricultural products
This includes tourism (incl. horse rental & horseback riding), contracting and driving (incl. fencing work & transport of sheep), passenger transportation such as school transport and then other unspecified services.
3.4.2. Components of the Production account : Intermediate consumption
Intermediate consumption represents the value of all goods and services used as inputs in the production process, excluding fixed assets, the consumption of which is recorded as fixed capital consumption.
The inputs used for intermediate consumption should be valued at the purchaser prices for similar goods and services applicable at the time of their insertion in the production process. The purchaser price includes taxes less subsidies on products (but excludes deductible taxes like VAT on the products). It also includes any transport charges paid separately by the purchaser to take delivery at the required time and place.
The components of intermediate consumption in the production account are detailed in ANNEX II of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004. The other categories are wider, defined by the countries according to their special characteristics. The table below only covers the list of products included under ‘other’ categories.
List of 'Other products'
Items
Energy; lubricants other than electricity, gas, other fuels and propellants
This item covers lubricants (including antifreeze) and geothermal energy.
Other goods and services other than listed under 2.108 in the Reg.
This covers the total resources less the sum of items 19010 to 19095.
3.4.3. Components of the Generation of income account
In the generation of income account, the distributive transactions relate to other taxes on production, other subsidies on production and the compensation of employees.
The components of the generation of income account are detailed in ANNEX II of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004.
3.4.4. Components of the Entrepreneurial income account
The entrepreneurial income account records certain types of property income (mainly land rents, interest and property income attributed to insurance policy holders).
The components of the entrepreneurial income account are detailed in ANNEX II of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004.
3.4.5. Elements of the Capital account
In addition to gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), the capital account records distributive transactions corresponding to aid for investment and other capital transfers.
The elements of the capital account are detailed in ANNEX II of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004.
3.5. Statistical unit
The statistical unit is the local kind of activity unit.
In order to provide more detailed information and to analyse flows generated by the production process and the use of goods and services, it is necessary to select units which emphasise relationships of a technical-economic kind. This means that, institutional units are broken-down into smaller and more homogeneous units with regard to the kind of production (local kind-of-activity units/local KAUs) (ESA 2010, 2.147). The local KAU is defined as the part of a KAU which corresponds to a local unit. The institutional unit's information system is capable of indicating or calculating for each local KAU at least the value of output, intermediate consumption, compensation of employees, the operating surplus and employment and gross fixed capital formation (ESA 2010, 2.148). The agricultural holding is the local KAU most appropriate to the agricultural industry. However, the variety of agricultural activities that can be performed on agricultural holdings makes them a special type of local KAU. The strict application of the ESA rule to units and their group should in fact result in a division of the agricultural holding into several separate local KAUs in cases where several activities of the NACE Rev. 2 four-digit class are performed on the same holding and the information required according to the explanations above is available. The adoption of the agricultural holding as the local KAU of the agricultural industry in the national accounts (NA) and EAA is based on a statistical approach. The speciality and the aim of EAA is to cover all agricultural activity carried out by an agricultural holding or any other local KAU not having agriculture as its main activity.
The use of the local KAU as the basic unit for the agricultural industry entails recording non-agricultural secondary activities where they cannot be distinguished from the main agricultural activity (inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities of local agricultural KAUs). The selection criterion for inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities is rather the type of activity than the nature of the product. For example, agro-tourism services provided by a farm are only included if they cannot be separated from its agricultural activities.
3.6. Statistical population
The agricultural industry includes all local KAUs at local level which perform the economic activities, as principal or secondary activity corresponds to Division 01 in NACE Rev. 2 (cf. 1.60 to 1.66 of EAA Reg.)
3.7. Reference area
The entire territory of the country.
3.8. Coverage - Time
EAA time series are available from 2007 onwards.
3.9. Base period
Accounts for year n are calculated of the base period is year n-1. Data are derived by chain linking at prices of year 2015 (and at any other reference year prices).
EAA data at current prices and at prices for the preceding year are given in millions of units of national currency.
Agricultural labour input data are given in thousand annual work units (AWU).
2023 calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community as amended by Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 2019/280 of 3 December 2018. Transmission of data for the regional EAA (REAA) at NUTS 2 level became obligatory in September 2023. Before September 2023, Eurostat collected REAA data on a voluntary basis.
6.1.1. Responsible institution for compilation of EAA
Statistics Iceland
6.1.2. Responsible institution for compilation of Agricultural Income Index
Statistics Iceland
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Statistical data are published as database tables in the PxWeb. In Iceland, the EAA are published once a year, at the same time as the second preliminary data of the current year are submitted to Eurostat. Releases and database tables are published in Icelandic and English.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. The European Statistics Code of Practice provides conditions that have to be respected by statistical offices in regard to statistical confidentiality (Principle 5).
The country-specific policy:
Statistics Iceland safeguards confidential information through a combination of legal obligations, professional statistical standards, strict access controls, confidentiality agreements, ISO/IEC 27001-certified information security practices, and compliance with data protection legislation. These measures ensure that information provided to the institution is used solely for statistical purposes and that the privacy of individuals and organizations is fully protected. The link to the policy: privacy-policy.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Not applicable.
7.2.1. Confidentiality rules applied to microdata
In general, Statistics Iceland only grants access to microdata to authorized researchers, and then securely through the electronic research environment of Statistics Iceland. All such access is subject to strict security and confidentiality rules. No confidential data is transmitted to Eurostat.
7.2.2. Comments on the amount of data affected by embargo
Not applicable.
8.1. Release calendar
Statistics Iceland's Advance Release Calendar is published once a year, in November, and covers the entire following calendar year. The calendar includes all releases that are required to be scheduled in accordance with the rules on statistical releases. Experts are also encouraged to include other planned outputs in the calendar to provide users with advance information about forthcoming publications.
Additional items may be added to the Advance Release Calendar as needed during the year. In general, these releases must be announced at least eight working days in advance. An exception applies to short-term statistics, which are statistics that have been formally designated as such and may be added to the calendar with only two working days' notice.
The Advance Release Calendar is published on the institution's website.
Statistics Iceland follows a transparent and impartial release policy to ensure equal access to official statistics. All statistical releases, including news releases, statistics, and publications, are announced in an Advance Release Calendar, which is published annually in November and covers the following calendar year.
Key economic indicators, such as indices for indexation, wage indices, national accounts, labour market statistics, and external trade statistics, are released according to fixed publication dates. Additional statistical releases may be added during the year, provided that release dates are announced at least eight days in advance. Any changes within this period are publicly communicated through a press release.
To ensure equal treatment of all users, Statistics Iceland publishes its releases simultaneously to everyone at 9:00 AM GMT. Information about each release is available through the institution's information services and designated contact persons. An exception applies to the economic forecast, where the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs receives a draft up to two weeks before publication due to its role in budget preparation and fiscal policy planning.
Statistics Iceland also has established procedures for correcting errors. If incorrect information is published, a corrected release is issued as soon as the correct information has been verified, and users are informed that a correction has been made. When errors are identified, this is immediately noted in the relevant news item, even before corrections are completed. Minor technical corrections to tables, graphs, or derived figures may not be separately announced, but any amendments are clearly indicated in the publication.
Overall, these rules support the principles of transparency, consistency, equal access, and quality assurance in the dissemination of official statistics.
Manual on the economic accounts for Agriculture and Forestry EAA/EAF 97, 2000 edition
The methodology is defined in Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Regulation is available in Icelandic.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
The quality indicator for metadata completeness: 1.000
[The indicator shows the ratio of metadata replies provided by country per metadata required.]
10.6.2. Further methodological guidelines available at national level
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Statistics Iceland's quality management system is based on the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP) of the European Statistical System (ESS). The system ensures that official statistics are produced and disseminated according to internationally recognized quality standards and best practices.
The quality framework is founded on the following principles:
Professional independence in producing statistics.
Coordination and cooperation within the statistical system.
A clear mandate for data collection and access to data.
Adequate resources to carry out statistical work.
A strong commitment to quality.
Protection of statistical confidentiality and data.
Impartiality and objectivity in statistical production.
Use of sound methodology and appropriate statistical procedures.
Minimizing the burden on respondents.
Ensuring cost-effectiveness.
Producing statistics that are relevant to users' needs.
Maintaining accuracy and reliability.
Delivering statistics with timeliness and punctuality.
Ensuring coherence and comparability across datasets and over time.
Providing accessibility and clarity for users.
Through this quality management system, Statistics Iceland aims to produce high-quality official statistics that are trustworthy, relevant, accurate, and comparable, while meeting the needs of users and complying with European statistical standards.
Data quality is managed in accordance with the European Statistics Code of Practice. Quality assurance measures include the use of standardized methodologies, validation checks, and continuous monitoring to ensure the accuracy, reliability, coherence, and timeliness of statistical outputs.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
The difference between the preliminary results and the final figures have not been estimated so in that way a quality assessment has not been made for EAA.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The Ministry of Industries, university, farmers and farmers association and other users including media.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
A formal survey has not been conducted.
12.3. Completeness
There has been no request for more statistics.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
The quality indicator for data completeness shows the following for the reference year 2023 in the detailed EAA: 1.000
[The indicator shows the ratio of data provided per data required, excluding derogations]
13.1. Accuracy - overall
To describe accuracy, the country uses the quality and performance indicator called ‘data revision – average absolute size’ under point 17.2.1 of this document.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Results are usually published a few days after they have been submitted to Eurostat and accepted.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
See 14.1
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
The goal is to have submitted data by the scheduled date.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
The quality indicator of punctuality delivered and publication, shows the following for the reference year 2023:
[The indicator shows the time lag of data delivery to Eurostat and the deadline of the transmission.In case data delivered earlier the indicator shows negative value.]
First estimates: -2
Second estimates: -6
Detailed EAA: 0
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The results of EAA are comparable between regions and countries.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
On the whole, the results are comparable over time although there may be some minor breaks in the series due to changes in the base year resulting from changes in the baskets of goods used by Agriculture Prices.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
The length of the comparable time series extends from 2007 to the present, ensuring consistency in measurement and methodology.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
See the following sub-items.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Examples of other agricultural statistics in the area is the monthly meat productions statistics. Furthermore, an annual report on agricultural income is published.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
EAA data is not used in the National Accounts. However, data from National Accounts is used in the EAA, for example FISIM.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Internal consistency is ensured by using the same data sources and the same methods.
The cost of collecting and processing the data is a full-time equivalent unit. Emphasis is placed on automating data collection.
Burden does not apply as no surveys are conducted in relation to EAA.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Revision policy aimed at ensuring the transparency of disseminated data. Chapter 8 of the EAA manual provides guidelines for a harmonised revision policy for EAA, including the ALI data.
17.2. Data revision - practice
Revised data are generally incorporated in the final transmission, i.e. the one submitted in September. Revisions may be made for several reasons, including:
The data provider has updated previously reported data.
An incorrect methodology was applied and subsequently corrected.
The National Accounts Department conducts annual revisions of data for previous years, typically going back three years, and the EAA use data from these revisions.
The EAA use data from the Tax returns. As these data are often not available when the final transmission is due, provisional estimates must be used. Once the tax data become available, the estimates are replaced and a final revision is carried out.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Average of absolute revision is the average of absolute revisions for the years referring between the current quality (2023) and the 5-years' earlier.
Indicator A
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Mean absolute revision (5 reference years)
1st estimate
EAA
1st estimate
EAA
1st estimate
EAA
1st estimate
EAA
1st estimate
EAA
Iceland
95.45
98.83
117.97
101.71
113.11
25.20
17.2.2. Years where retropolations are carried out and (if they are not yet available) when they will be available
Not applicable.
17.2.3. Details of retropolation method used : items for which estimations are made and assumptions on which these estimations are based
18.2.1. Time of the year where the updates of the EAA are carried out
Updates are carried out parallel to the final EAA.
18.2.2. Years covered by each of these updates (i.e. update in September of year n for the years n-1, n-2, n-3 )
In the final assessment (September) data for up to 3 years are updated, however when needed data for earlier years is revised.
18.3. Data collection
Which data series are being used is specified in each annex. In general it can be said that
data on animal production, wool and vegetables are collected monthly;
prices from slaughterhouses are collected monthly;
vegetable prices are collected quarterly;
wool price is yearly;
cereal statistics is collected on an annual basis, but efforts are being made to collect it more frequently;
data on forage plants is collected yearly;
price indices are monthly, while indices in the pricing basis from a cow farm is quarterly.
tax reports are annual and VAT data are semi-annual.
foreign trade statistics is gathered on a monthly basis;
18.4. Data validation
The data is checked for outliers, whether the quantity or price has changed excessively and if so, verified. The target is consistency and completeness.
18.5. Data compilation
See information in the following sub-concepts.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.5.2. Calculation procedures
Please see the Calculation procedure for 1st estimates, 2nd estimates and full set of EAA in Annex 2 Methods for valuing EAA items.
18.5.3.1. Components of the Production account : Output
First, it is verified that all data needed is in the database. Next, an R script, which is specifically designed for this part, is run.
18.5.3.2. Components of the Production account : Intermediate consumption
Data is collected both in an Oracle database and in Excel documents. Data used is largely TAX return data. Data processing is done partly in Excel and partly in R, but finally summarized in R.
18.5.3.3. Components of the Generation of income account
Data on compensation of employees in agriculture is provided by the department of Economic statistics. Data on other subsidies on production is provided by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The data is collected in Excel and processed in R.
18.5.3.4. Components of the Entrepreneurial income account
Calculations are made on data from tax returns.
18.5.3.5. Elements of the Capital account
The department for National Accounts provide data for GFCF in non-agricultural products.
18.6.2. Components of the Production account : Output
Not applicable.
18.6.3. Components of the Production account : Intermediate consumption
Not applicable.
18.6.4. Components of the Generation of income account
Not applicable.
18.6.5. Components of the Entrepreneurial income account
Not applicable.
18.6.6. Elements of the Capital account
Not applicable.
The Economic Accounts for Agriculture (EAA) provide an overview of the agricultural activities in a systematic and comparable way to serve as basis for analyses, forecasts and political measures. The methodology is laid down in Annex I of the Regulation (EC) 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The EAA methodological manual provides further details and clarifications (website).
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The EAA are a satellite account of the ESA providing complementary information and concepts adapted to the particular nature of the agricultural industry.
The EAA are shown as a sequence of inter-related accounts. As the EAA are based on the industry concept, the sequence of accounts is limited to the first accounts of the current accounts:
the production account (its balancing item: value added)
the generation-of-income account (its balancing item: operating surplus).
Nevertheless EAA contains other accounts (of the ESA) at least partly:
the entrepreneurial income account (one of the current accounts) and
the capital account (one of the accumulation accounts).
The EAA provide a wide range of indicators on the economic activities of the agricultural sector: these include output, intermediate consumption, gross and net value added, gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), both at current prices and at reference year prices, as well as compensation of employees, other taxes and subsidies on production, net operating surplus or net mixed income, property income and net entrepreneurial income at current prices. (see for more details points 1.40-1.48 in Annex I of Regulation (EC) 138/2004.)
Three income indicators are defined in the EAA:
Index of the real income of factors in agriculture per annual work unit (indicator A).
Index of real net agricultural entrepreneurial income per unpaid annual work unit (indicator B).
Net entrepreneurial income of agriculture (indicator C).
See for more details chapter 5 in Annex I of Regulation (EC) 138/2004.
The statistical unit is the local kind of activity unit.
In order to provide more detailed information and to analyse flows generated by the production process and the use of goods and services, it is necessary to select units which emphasise relationships of a technical-economic kind. This means that, institutional units are broken-down into smaller and more homogeneous units with regard to the kind of production (local kind-of-activity units/local KAUs) (ESA 2010, 2.147). The local KAU is defined as the part of a KAU which corresponds to a local unit. The institutional unit's information system is capable of indicating or calculating for each local KAU at least the value of output, intermediate consumption, compensation of employees, the operating surplus and employment and gross fixed capital formation (ESA 2010, 2.148). The agricultural holding is the local KAU most appropriate to the agricultural industry. However, the variety of agricultural activities that can be performed on agricultural holdings makes them a special type of local KAU. The strict application of the ESA rule to units and their group should in fact result in a division of the agricultural holding into several separate local KAUs in cases where several activities of the NACE Rev. 2 four-digit class are performed on the same holding and the information required according to the explanations above is available. The adoption of the agricultural holding as the local KAU of the agricultural industry in the national accounts (NA) and EAA is based on a statistical approach. The speciality and the aim of EAA is to cover all agricultural activity carried out by an agricultural holding or any other local KAU not having agriculture as its main activity.
The use of the local KAU as the basic unit for the agricultural industry entails recording non-agricultural secondary activities where they cannot be distinguished from the main agricultural activity (inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities of local agricultural KAUs). The selection criterion for inseparable non-agricultural secondary activities is rather the type of activity than the nature of the product. For example, agro-tourism services provided by a farm are only included if they cannot be separated from its agricultural activities.
The agricultural industry includes all local KAUs at local level which perform the economic activities, as principal or secondary activity corresponds to Division 01 in NACE Rev. 2 (cf. 1.60 to 1.66 of EAA Reg.)
The entire territory of the country.
2023 calendar year.
To describe accuracy, the country uses the quality and performance indicator called ‘data revision – average absolute size’ under point 17.2.1 of this document.
EAA data at current prices and at prices for the preceding year are given in millions of units of national currency.
Agricultural labour input data are given in thousand annual work units (AWU).
Results are usually published a few days after they have been submitted to Eurostat and accepted.
The results of EAA are comparable between regions and countries.
On the whole, the results are comparable over time although there may be some minor breaks in the series due to changes in the base year resulting from changes in the baskets of goods used by Agriculture Prices.
