Land prices and rents (apri_lpr)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMSAL)

Compiling agency: Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic


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Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic
1.2. Contact organisation unit

 Prices Statistics Department
1.5. Contact mail address

Czech Statistical Office
Na padesátém 3268/81
100 82 Praha 10
Czech Republic


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 31/12/2020
2.2. Metadata last posted 10/05/2021
2.3. Metadata last update 31/12/2020


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description
  Land prices  Land rents 
Data description

The price of one hectare of free agricultural land broken down into arable land and permanent grassland for calendar year. The prices are also surveyed at the NUTS 2 level.

The price of renting one hectare of agricultural land for calendar year. The prices are also surveyed at the NUTS 2 level.
3.2. Classification system
  Land prices  Land rents 
Classification system

NUTS classification for territorial classification (NUTS2).

NUTS classification for territorial classification (NUTS2)
3.3. Coverage - sector
  Land prices  Land rents 
Coverage - sector

The sector covered is the agriculture sector. Prices are surveyed from the owner of agricultural land who is selling agricultural land for agricultural use (selling prices).

The sector covered is the agriculture sector. The renting prices are collected from the selected farmers renting the agricultural land for agricultural use (renting price paid).
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Definition of the land price values

  Land prices  Land rents 
Definition of the land price values

The price of one hectare of agricultural land (arable land, permanent grassland) paid by the holder in free trade without deduction of taxes or levies and without the inclusion of subsidies.

The price of renting one hectare of agricultural land (arable land and permanent grassland) is defined under EU requirements, i.e. price includes payments in kind and land tax payments for rented land. It excludes rent paid for buildings, halls and warehouses.
The costs of transferring ownership (therefore lawyer's fees, registration taxes and real estate) are excluded from collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
The value of deductible VAT is excluded from the price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The entitlements related to the land are excluded from the collected selling/purchase/renting price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The value of any buildings or dwellings situated on it and any other expenses related to other assets except the agricultural land (current maintenance expenditure on buildings, buildings insurance, depreciation of buildings, rents paid for the professional use of non-residential buildings etc.) are excluded from the price of agricultural land? Yes Yes
The value of any monetary compensation received by farmers for the sales/acquisition of the Utilized Agricultural Area is excluded from the collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
The value of any inheritances transfers related to the sold/purchased land is excluded from the collected selling/purchase price of agricultural land? Yes Not applicable. 
If you have replied NO to any of the above questions explain the reason why. 


EU Target Methodology

  Land prices  Land rents 
Does the data collection observe the land categories as specified in the EU Target Methodology?  No Yes
If not, please describe the differences. 

Prices for irrigable arable land and non-irrigable arable land are not observed due to low share in the total UAA.

 

 


Other UAA categories

  Land prices  Land rents 
Does the price information provided to Eurostat include information on other UAA categories?  No No
If yes, specify which categories. 
3.5. Statistical unit
  Land prices  Land rents 
Reporting unit 

An owner of agricultural land who is selling agricultural land.

Source: The database of the State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre.

An agricultural holding renting the agricultural land

Source: FADN
Observation unit 

One hectare of arable land sold for agricultural use.

One hectare of permanent grassland sold for agricultural use.

One hectare of agricultural land (both arable land and permanent grassland) rented for agricultural use.
3.6. Statistical population
  Land prices  Land rents 
Does any kind of physical, economical or other threshold apply for data collection on land prices and rents? 

Excluded are transactions of agricultural land below 1 ha.

The FADN covers 11 out of 14 economic size classes (Class I to Class 3 are not included in the group of agricultural holdings selected in FADN).
3.7. Reference area
  Land prices  Land rents 
Reference area

Data on average land prices were collected for only 7 out of 8 NUTS 2 regions  due to the fact that NUTS 2 region Capital (Prague) was excluded from the survey because of low number of agricultural companies and insignificant acreage

Data on average land rents were collected for only 7 out of 8 NUTS 2 regions  due to the fact that NUTS 2 region Capital (Prague) was excluded from the survey because of low number of agricultural companies and insignificant acreage
3.8. Coverage - Time
  Land prices Land rents
Time coverage 

2000 - 2020

2009 - 2020
When was the first survey/data collection on land prices and rents in line with common Target Methodology organised? 

Year of data collection: 2013-2014

Reference year data: 2012

Year of data collection: 2013-2014

Reference year data: 2011
3.9. Base period

Not available.


4. Unit of measure Top
  Land prices  Land rents 
Is the price provided in national currency?  Yes Yes
Is the data on area provided in hectares?  Yes Yes


5. Reference Period Top
  Land prices Land rents
Is the reference period used for rental price the calendar year?  Not applicable.  Yes
If not, specify the reference period used Not applicable. 


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
  Land prices Land rents
Legal acts and other agreements 

State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre - responsible for collection of data

Czech statistical office (CZSO) - responsible for processing and dissemination of statistics

There is a formal agreement among these institutions.

FADN - responsible for collection and processing of data

CZSO - responsible for dissemination of statistics

There is an informal agreement among these institutions.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not available.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not available.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
  Land prices Land rents
Confidentiality - data treatment 

No confidentiality issues

No confidentiality issues


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not available.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not available.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not available.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Not available.


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not available.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Not available.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not available.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not available.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not available.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Not available.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not available.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not available.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Not available.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
  Land prices Land rents
Are the data on land prices and rents collected for national purposes (by NSI or any other national administration) in your country? 

Yes

No
Are there any differences between the current EU Target Methodology and the national methodology?  No No
If yes, please describe the differences. 
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available.
12.3. Completeness

Not available.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

Not available.
13.2. Sampling error

Not available.
13.3. Non-sampling error

Not available.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness
  Land prices Land rents
Timeliness 

9 months

10 months
When were data first released to the public? 

25.9. 2020

6.10.2020
14.2. Punctuality

Not available.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical
  Land prices Land rents
Comparability - geographical (regional) 

Single methodology

Single methodology
15.2. Comparability - over time
  Land prices Land rents
Comparability - over time 

Data since 2018 are not fully comparable with the previous series as the land prices have been obtained from a new data source (cadastral offices)

The 2012 - 2017 data are comparable. The 2011 data are only for total agricultural land.

The 2011 - 2020 data are fully comparable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Not available.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not available.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not available.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not available.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data
  Land prices Land rents
Source data 

Administrative data sources used.

Data of the State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre.

FADN
18.2. Frequency of data collection
  Land prices Land rents
Are the data collected on the regular, annual, basis?  Yes Yes
If yes, since when? If not, what is the frequency of data collection? 

Since 2000.

Since 2011.
18.3. Data collection
  Land prices Land rents
Primary data collection method 

Data collected from administrative sources

FADN
18.4. Data validation
  Land prices Land rents
Data validation 

Logical checks by CZSO during data processing.

FADN regional consultant validates the information provided.
18.5. Data compilation
  Land prices Land rents
Data compilation process 

The data were filtered according to celected criteria to exclude unreliable prices and transactions with non-agricultural land.

To derive rent and area of rented land for the entire universe of farms in the Czech Republic, FADN weighing system was developed. This weighing system enables the calculation of the value of rent and the total area of rented land for all agricultural holdings represented by the network of farms in FADN selective group.
Is the aggregation at country level carried out in accordance with the EU Target Methodology?  Yes Yes
How the aggregation at country level is carried out? 
18.6. Adjustment
  Land prices Land rents
Adjustment

not applied

not applied


19. Comment Top

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