ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA: AN INTERPRETATION THROUGH COMPARISON

Abstract

This article is about Estonian agricultural production data series from 1920 to 2000. The data are used for international comparisons. The author assumes that possible errors in the statistics of Soviet years, such as unrealistic agricultural yields, may be exposed if the data are used for international comparisons. Also, the author attempts a simple agricultural output aggregation and speculates with the figures of Estonian agricultural labour force after World War II.