3. Statistical presentation |
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3.1. Data description |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Data description |
Until 2012, the statistics on agricultural land prices and rents in Estonia covered only legal persons and the relevant data were collected via the annual statistical report “Economic indicators of agricultural, fishery and forestry enterprises”. Legal persons accounted for 9% of all holdings and used 52% of the total utilised agricultural area. Starting from 2013, these statistics have been produced mainly by using administrative sources as much as possible and by covering also natural persons. |
Until 2012, the statistics on agricultural land prices and rents in Estonia covered only legal persons and the relevant data were collected via the annual statistical report “Economic indicators of agricultural, fishery and forestry enterprises”. Legal persons accounted for 9% of all holdings and used 52% of the total utilised agricultural area. In 2013, data collection of agricultural land rents was exceptionally organised within the Farm Structure Survey 2013 (FSS). From 2014 to 2018, administrative sources were used for these statistics and natural persons were also covered. 2013 survey data about land rents were used in combination with available administrative sources. Starting from 2019, these statistics are produced by using data from Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). This enables to avoid new additional data collection while FADN data of Agricultural Research Centre are already available. Previous data have been used for relevant analysis and comparison. |
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3.2. Classification system |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Classification system |
NUTS Classification |
NUTS Classification |
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3.3. Coverage - sector |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Coverage - sector |
Agricultural sector |
Agricultural sector |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions |
Definition of the land price values
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Definition of the land price values |
According to the market price concept, the price of agricultural land (arable land, permanent grassland) is the price received/paid by the holder in free trade without the deduction of taxes or levies and without the inclusion of subsidies. |
Rents correspond to payments made to the owner of land in return for him making assets available to another physical person/legal person/legal entity. The rental price of agricultural land excludes entitlements related to the land, deductible VAT, the rentals of buildings or dwellings situated on it and any other expenses related to other assets except the agricultural land (current maintenance expenditure on buildings insurance, depreciation of buildings, rents paid for the professional use of nonresidential buildings, etc.). |
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. |
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EU Target Methodology
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Does the data collection observe the land categories as specified in the EU Target Methodology? |
Yes |
Yes |
If not, please describe the differences. |
Prices per hectare were calculated only for arable land, permanent grassland and UAA. Permanent crops account for only 0.4% of the total UAA and were therefore excluded. Irrigation is practically not used in Estonia – irrigable area accounts for only 0.04% of the total UAA. Therefore, irrigable area was also not separated from the rest of the land. |
Prices per hectare reflect the actual price agreed upon by the persons closing the transaction. No distinction has been made between arable land and permanent grassland as these data are not available. |
Other UAA categories
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Does the price information provided to Eurostat include information on other UAA categories? |
No |
No |
If yes, specify which categories. |
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Permanent crops account for only 0.4% of the total UAA and the land is generally not rented. |
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3.5. Statistical unit |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Reporting unit |
a) Land sales data from the Land Board (individual sales transactions regarding land without any buildings and data on lands which are determined as profit yielding land in the Land Cadastre) b) Individual spatial data of fields registered in the Integrated Administrative and Control System (hereinafter IACS) from the Agricultural Registers and Information Board (hereinafter ARIB) |
Agricultural holdings (both legal and natural persons) from FADN |
Observation unit |
Observation unit is the price of 1 ha of arable land and permanent grassland, as well as total UAA purchased for agricultural purposes. |
Observation unit is the price of 1 ha of rented land for agricultural purposes. |
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3.6. Statistical population |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Does any kind of physical, economical or other threshold apply for data collection on land prices and rents? |
No threshold is applied for data collection on land prices and rents. The outliers, i.e. the minimum and maximum sales prices to be taken into account, were determined. Outliers were determined on the basis of the prices of transactions conducted by the state. Determining outliers was important for excluding all transactions made above or below normal market prices (between relatives, etc.) from further analysis. |
In the FADN survey, the threshold is a standard output of 4,000 euros, which means that the smallest units are not covered. The average rent from FADN is considered to be representative for all holdings. |
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3.7. Reference area |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Reference area |
The whole territory is covered. Data are sent to Eurostat for Estonia as a whole. |
The whole territory is covered. Data are sent to Eurostat for Estonia as a whole. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time |
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Land prices |
Land rents |
Time coverage |
Until 2012, the statistics on agricultural land prices in Estonia covered only legal persons. Since 2013, the data set is collected fully in line with the EU Target Methodology. |
Until 2012, the statistics on agricultural land rents in Estonia covered only legal persons. Since 2013, the data set is collected fully in line with the EU Target Methodology. |
When was the first survey/data collection on land prices and rents in line with common Target Methodology organised? |
The first data collection on land prices in line with common Target Methodology was organised in 2013. |
The first data collection on land rents in line with common Target Methodology was organised in 2013. |
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3.9. Base period |
Not applicable |