Definition: Pro-rata method

Category: Memobust Glossary

Straightforward, widely known benchmarking method that achieves consistency between annual and sub-annual time series by multiplying all sub-annual periods by correction factors defined by the ratio between an annual value and the sum of all underlying sub-annual values. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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