Land prices are based on administrative data where all sales of agricultural land are included.

Land rents are based on sample survey to 1800 holdings that rent arable land or/and pasture and meadows.

NUTS II and production areas. Maps with NUTS 2 and production areas are in Annexes.

NUTS II and production areas. Maps with NUTS 2 and production areas are in Annexes.

Agricultural sector - includes the purchase of all agricultural land according to the register of assessed values for real estates, (definition, see 3.4 EU Target Methodology)
Most of the land will be used for agriculture, but a smaller part maybe will be used for buildings or infrastructure.

Estimations of agricultural land prices are based on information, collected by Statistics Sweden, from sales of whole or parts of agricultural estates and information from the register of assessed values for real estates. However, it should be mentioned that in Sweden rather few sales of exclusively agricultural land are performed each year. Most sales of whole or parts of agricultural estates also include buildings and other kind of land. The method used takes into account these circumstances in order to eliminate the value of buildings and other types of land by using the assessed values to determine the proportion of the agricultural land value in the total selling price.

There are some other restrictions regarding the sales that are included in the statistics of land prices:

• Land that is transferred to another property is not included.
• Only purchases with a total area of ​​at least two hectares of land are included in the processing.
• In 1995-2019 only sales less than 10 million SEK were included in the processing. From 2020, the sales up to 30 million SEK are included.
• If agricultural estate have value according to the register of assessed values for real estates under 1000 SEK they are excluded.
• Since the statistics should refer to land prices for representative purchases, we do not include purchase that we think are “extreme”. For example where the purchase price coefficient (i.e. the ratio between the purchase price and the assessed value) is less than 0.5 or greater than 6.
• Purchases where parents sell land to their children or transfers between spouses are not included. 

In Sweden approximately 26 000 farmers rent land (arable land and/or pasture and meadow) according to the farm structure survey 2016. About 38 percent of arable land are rented in Sweden. The price estimations of agricultural rents are based on sample surveys with postal inquiries. About 1 800 farmers have been included in the stratified sample and answered the questions for the 8 largest (based on area) leases. The questionnaire is designed to enable estimations of the rented values of agricultural land, excluding other things than land, such as buildings or entitlements. The farmers specify how much they pay for each lease.

One hectare of agricultural land sold/purchased for agricultural use.

The price of renting one hectare of agricultural land.

Not relevant.

Not relevant.

According to the register of assessed values for real estates, the definition for arable land and pasture and meadows are:
Arable land is used for crop husbandry or pasture and meadow and is also suitable for ploughing.
It also includes cultivation of fruit and berries, energy forest and grazing that are part of crop rotation.
Pastures and meadows are used for grazing and are not suitable for ploughing.
It includes land that should not be used for forest because the land should be "kept open" for nature conservation or cultural reasons.

It is the owner's responsibility to update changes in the register of assessed values for real estate, for example, if pasture have become forest. It is not always that they do updates. We also know that there are more arable land and pasture in Sweden according to the register of assessed values of real estate than there are used in Sweden and they get any support for.
The restrictions are described in 3.3

Sweden have approximately 5 % irrigable agricultural area in FSS 2016. Therefore Sweden does not need to report price for irrigable/non-irrigable arable land.

Arable land used permanently (for five year or more), for example forage crops, that is according to EU-regulation permanent grassland, is in Sweden included in arable land.

Not relevant.

Not relevant.

From Statistics Sweden, who has the information about sales of whole or part of agricultural estates and information from the register of assessed values for real estates.

Sample survey to the holdings who rent land.

One hectare of agricultural land sold/purchased for agricultural use.

The price of renting one hectare of agricultural land.

Only arable land and pasture and meadow without buildings and other types of land.

There are some other restrictions regarding the sales that are included in the statistics of land prices:

• Land that is transferred to another property is not included.
• Only purchases with a total area of ​​at least two hectares of land are included in the processing.
• In 1995-2019 only sales less than 10 million SEK were included in the processing. From 2020, the sales up to 30 million SEK are included.
• If agricultural estate have value according to the register of assessed values for real estates under 1000 SEK they are excluded.
• Since the statistics should refer to land prices for representative purchases, we do not include purchase that we think are “extreme”. For example where the purchase price coefficient (i.e. the ratio between the purchase price and the assessed value) is less than 0.5 or greater than 6.
• Purchases where parents sell land to their children or transfers between spouses are not included.

About 1 800 farmers have been included in the stratified sample. We are using the same threshold as in FSS and also only those holding, which answered in the latest farm structure survey that they rent land, can be included.

We do the survey two years at the same time. The latest survey are for 2019 and 2020 and we used informationen from IFS/FSS 2020 when we did the stratified sample.

Whole country

Whole country

Since 1990

Since 1994

2011

2011

Not relevant.

All national agricultural statistics in Sweden refer to the Official Statistics Act (SFS 2001:99) and to the Official Statistics Ordinance (SFS 2001:100) promulgated on March 15, 2001.

This ordinance appoints the Swedish Board of Agriculture as the sole responsible authority for all national agricultural statistics. This gives the Swedish Board of Agriculture sole mandate do decide which organisations and authorities that can conduct agricultural statistical surveys in order to meet the statistical requirements both at national and at EU level.

The annex to the Official Statistics Ordinance (SFS 2001:100) contains information on which authorities are responsible for which statistical area. Here it is stated that the Swedish Board of Agriculture is responsible for:

• Farm structure
• Agricultural production
• Farm labour force
• Economic Accounts for Agriculture
• Agricultural prices and price indices
• Animal health
• Aquaculture

All national agricultural statistics in Sweden refer to the Official Statistics Act (SFS 2001:99) and to the Official Statistics Ordinance (SFS 2001:100) promulgated on March 15, 2001.

This ordinance appoints the Swedish Board of Agriculture as the sole responsible authority for all national agricultural statistics. This gives the Swedish Board of Agriculture sole mandate do decide which organisations and authorities that can conduct agricultural statistical surveys in order to meet the statistical requirements both at national and at EU level.

The annex to the Official Statistics Ordinance (SFS 2001:100) contains information on which authorities are responsible for which statistical area. Here it is stated that the Swedish Board of Agriculture is responsible for:

• Farm structure
• Agricultural production
• Farm labour force
• Economic Accounts for Agriculture
• Agricultural prices and price indices
• Animal health
• Aquaculture

No cell suppression or aggregation rules are used.

We do not present data if there are less than 3 companies in one unit or Standard error over 35 percent. It can result in cell suppression. 

We merge some NUTS II in the reports. SE 11 and SE 12 reports together and SE 32 and SE 33 reports together.

Yes

Yes

See 3.4 EU Target Methodology

In Sweden we present the data we send to EU, but we also present data including rents with entitlements and buildings.

Arable land used permanently (for five years or more), for example forage crops, is according to the EU-regulation permanent grassland but in Sweden it is included in arable land.

Results are presented eight months after the end of year.

We present results from two years at the same time. 

For odd year there are results available in about 14 months after year ending, for even year, the results are ready 2 months after year ending.

For example, data for 2017 and 2018 where published in February 2019.

27 August 2020

Will be published 26 February 2021.

The data are comparable between Sweden and other EU countries and on national level and regional levels in Sweden.

The data are comparable between Sweden and other EU countries and on national level and regional levels in Sweden.

There are no differences for data between 2011-2019.

In 1995-2019 only sales less than 10 million SEK were included in the processing. From 2020, the sales up to 30 million SEK are included.

The data are comparable.

There are no differences for data between 2011-2019.

The data are comparable.

Sales of whole or part of agricultural estates and information from the register of assessed values for real estates.

Sample survey of holdings that declared to rent land in the latest FSS.

Since 2004. The data are from register, so we have data from 1995, when Sweden become EU-member.

Every second year, we collect data for two years at the time.

Administrative data sources are used.

Sample survey to about 1800 holdings that rent land.

Statistic Sweden collects data, carries out the checks of outliers and review the data. The errors in the register are considered to be few and with little impact. This may result in changes to the register or that a few sales will be removed from the production of the statistics.
Checks and processing take place mechanically.

Swedish Board of Agriculture collects data and does some controls.
If something seems unreasonable, (test of outlier etc.) we do manual controls of data and see if maybe something was wrong when we scan and verify data. If verifying has been wrong we corrected data.
One control is if the number of leases is correct. Respondent answers first how many leases he has and then provides the information for each lease. If they first filled in 2 pieces of leases and provided the information for 3 leases, then we change the first question to "3".

Land prices are based on administrative data where all sales of agricultural land are included.

Statistic Sweden does the calculation in SAS and Swedish Board of Agriculture presents the results. 

Land rents are based on sample survey to 1800 holdings that rent arable land or/and pasture and meadow.

The survey is by post and respondents can answer by post or via website. In total, we send max 3 letters. If they did not answer after 3rd letter, then we called them.

Response rate was 76 %, but there were some participants that did not want to participate. Totally we got about 66 % answers that we could use.

We did the calculations in SAS and present the information.

Sweden's method of calculating prices at the national level differs from Eurostat's method.

In Sweden, prices at the national level are calculated based on the register of assessed values for real estates. 

Eurostats method is to use areas in the latest FSS to calculate prices at the national level.

Not relevant.

Statistic Sweden do controls and adjust some data if it is necessary.

We, Swedish Board of Agriculture, do some controls and adjust responses that are unreasonable when necessary.

Sometimes we call the respondents and verifies their answer.