Table 1: Number and area of holdings, and Gini's Index of Concentration
Countries by continents | Census year | Number of holdings | Area of holdings (Ha) | Average size (Ha) | Median size for number | Median size for area (Ha) | Gini's index of concentration |
TOTAL [74] | |||||||
AFRICA [13] | |||||||
Burkina Faso | 93 | 886 638 | 3 472 480 | 3.92 | 0.30 | 5.60 | 0.42 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. of | 90 | 4 479 600 | 2 387 700 | 0.53 | 0.39 | 0.76 | 0.37 |
Djibouti | 95 | 1 135 | - | - | 0.60 | - | - |
Egypt | 90 | 3 475 502 | 3 297 281 | 0.95 | - | 1.70 | 0.65 |
Ethiopia | 89/92 | 6 091 840 | 4 871 020 | 0.80 | 0.54 | 1.30 | 0.47 |
Guinea | 95 | 442 168 | 895 620 | 2.03 | 1.10 | 6.30 | 0.48 |
Guinea Bissau | 88 | 84 221 | 96 375 | 1.14 | 0.50 | 2.20 | 0.62 |
Lesotho | 89/90 | 229 300 | 331 000 | 1.44 | 1.10 | 2.40 | 0.49 |
Libya | 87 | 175 528 | 2 495 906 | 14.22 | 5.10 | 47.00 | 0.75 |
Malawi | 93 | 1 561 416 | 1 167 240 | 0.75 | 0.52 | 1.30 | 0.52 |
Namibia | 95 | 113 616 | 300 146 | 2.64 | 2.20 | 3.60 | 0.38 |
Reunion | 89 | 15 198 | 67 154 | 4.42 | 1.60 | 7.30 | 0.61 |
Uganda | 91 | 1 704 721 | 3 683 288 | 2.16 | 1.00 | 4.70 | 0.59 |
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [15] | |||||||
Bahamas | 94 | 1 760 | 20 336 | 11.55 | 1.50 | - | 0.87 |
Barbados | 89 | 17 178 | 21 560 | 1.26 | 0.10 | 190.00 | 0.94 |
Canada | 91 | 280 043 | 97 753 700 | 349.07 | 110.00 | 570.00 | 0.64 |
Dominica | 95 | 9 026 | 21 146 | 2.34 | 0.91 | 6.30 | 0.67 |
Grenada | 95 | 18 277 | 14 164 | 0.77 | - | 4.60 | 0.73 |
Guadeloupe | 89 | 16 530 | 53 559 | 3.24 | 1.60 | 4.80 | 0.56 |
Honduras | 93 | 325 750 | 3 637 469 | 11.17 | 4.10 | - | 0.66 |
Martinique | 89 | 15 460 | 37 173 | 2.40 | - | 12.00 | 0.75 |
Panama | 90 | 213 895 | 2 941 583 | 13.75 | 1.20 | 110.00 | 0.87 |
Puerto Rico | 87 | 20 245 | 348 530 | 17.22 | 4.10 | 100.00 | 0.77 |
Saint Lucia | 86 | 11 551 | 23 478 | 2.03 | - | 13.00 | 0.70 |
St. Kitts & Nevis | 87 | 3 269 | 8870.00 | 2.71 | - | - | - |
St. Vincent & Grenadines | 86 | 8 860 | 12 017 | 1.36 | 0.30 | 17.00 | 0.82 |
U.S.A. | 87 | 2 087 759 | 390 311 617 | 186.95 | 52.00 | 740.00 | 0.74 |
Virgin Islands (US) | 87 | 267 | 7 197 | 26.96 | 2.70 | 430.00 | 0.87 |
SOUTH AMERICA [6] | |||||||
Argentina | 88 | 378 357 | 177 437 398 | 468.97 | 51.00 | - | 0.83 |
Brazil (2) | 85 | 5 820 988 | 376 286 577 | 64.64 | 8.60 | 670.00 | 0.85 |
Colombia | 88 | 1 547 846 | 36 033 713 | 23.28 | 4.70 | 120.00 | 0.79 |
French Guiana | 89 | 4 480 | 20 642 | 4.61 | 2.10 | 25.00 | 0.66 |
Paraguay | 91 | 307 221 | 23 817 737 | 77.53 | 6.90 | - | 0.93 |
Peru | 94 | 1 756 141 | 35 381 809 | 20.15 | 2.50 | - | 0.86 |
ASIA [14] | |||||||
Cyprus | 94 | 52 089 | 177 760 | 3.41 | 1.40 | 8.40 | 0.63 |
India | 91 | 106 637 000 | 165 507 000 | 1.55 | 0.74 | 3.40 | 0.58 |
Indonesia | 93 | 19 713 806 | 17 145 036 | 0.87 | 0.54 | 1.80 | 0.46 |
Iran | 93 | 3 602 950 | 15 458 910 | 4.29 | 1.90 | 15.00 | 0.70 |
Israel | 95 | 25 448 | 314 230 | 12.35 | - | - | - |
Japan (3) | 95 | 3 444 000 | 4 120 000 | 1.20 | 0.73 | 2.20 | 0.59 |
Korea, Rep. of | 90 | 1 768 501 | 1 857 491 | 1.05 | 0.81 | 1.40 | 0.34 |
Myanmar | 93 | 2 924 898 | 6 886 956 | 2.35 | 1.70 | 3.90 | 0.77 |
Nepal | 92 | 2 736 050 | 2 598 971 | 0.95 | - | 1.60 | 0.45 |
Pakistan (4) | 90 | 5 070 963 | 19 149 637 | 3.78 | 2.10 | 7.20 | 0.57 |
Philippines | 91 | 4 610 041 | 9 974 871 | 2.16 | 1.40 | 4.30 | 0.55 |
Thailand | 93 | 5 647 490 | 19 002 071 | 3.36 | 2.40 | 5.50 | 0.47 |
Turkey | 91 | 4 068 432 | 23 451 099 | 5.76 | 3.00 | 13.00 | 0.61 |
Viet Nam | 94 | 9 528 896 | 4948302.00 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 0.95 | 0.53 |
EUROPE [18] | |||||||
Albania | 95 | 444 300 | - | - | 0.71 | - | - |
Austria | 90 | 273 210 | 7 217 498 | 26.42 | 8.80 | 46.00 | 0.65 |
Belgium | 90 | 87 180 | 1 400 364 | 16.06 | 8.60 | 31.00 | 0.56 |
Denmark | 89 | 81 267 | 2 774 127 | 34.14 | 24.00 | 50.00 | 0.44 |
Finland | 90 | 199 385 | 12 338 439 | 61.88 | 8.20 | 14.00 | 0.26 |
France | 88 | 1 016 755 | 31 985 606 | 31.46 | 16.00 | 52.00 | 0.53 |
Germany (5) | 95 | 566 900 | 17 156 900 | 30.26 | 11.00 | 73.00 | 0.68 |
Greece (5) | 95 | 802 400 | 3 578 200 | 4.46 | 2.40 | 9.00 | 0.57 |
Ireland | 91 | 170 578 | 4 441 755 | 26.04 | 18.00 | 41.00 | 0.48 |
Italy | 90 | 3 023 344 | 22 702 356 | 7.51 | 1.80 | 41.00 | 0.78 |
Luxembourg | 90 | 3 803 | 126 298 | 33.21 | 24.00 | 58.00 | 0.48 |
Netherlands | 89 | 127 367 | 1 865 031 | 14.64 | 10.00 | 29.00 | 0.55 |
Norway | 89 | 99 382 | 991 077 | 9.97 | 7.10 | 16.00 | 0.46 |
Portugal | 89 | 594 418 | 4 005 594 | 6.74 | 1.60 | 61.00 | 0.78 |
Slovenia | 91 | 156 549 | 912013.00 | 5.83 | 2.90 | 13.00 | 0.62 |
Spain | 89 | 2 284 944 | 42 939 208 | 18.79 | 2.60 | 240.00 | 0.86 |
Switzerland | 90 | 108 296 | 1 262 167 | 11.65 | 9.00 | 20.00 | 0.50 |
United Kingdom (6) | 93 | 244 205 | 17 144 777 | 70.21 | 27.00 | 170.00 | 0.67 |
OCEANIA [8] | |||||||
American Samoa | 90 | 384 | 2 349 | 6.12 | 2.60 | 19.00 | 0.67 |
Australia | 90 | 129 540 | 466 561 000 | 3601.68 | 250.00 | - | - |
Cook Islands | 88 | 2 188 | 2 604 | 1.19 | 0.80 | 1.50 | 0.53 |
Fiji | 91 | 95 400 | 591 407 | 6.20 | 1.50 | 27.00 | 0.77 |
French Polynesia | 95 | 6 223 | 18 534 | 2.98 | - | - | - |
Guam | 87 | 351 | 5 315 | 15.14 | 1.60 | 590.00 | 0.88 |
Northern Mariana Isl. | 90 | 119 | 5 836 | 49.04 | 2.80 | 590.00 | 0.82 |
Samoa | 89 | 11 099 | 67375.00 | 6.07 | 3.60 | 11.00 | 0.55 |
(1) Includes holdings without land.
(2) Due to lack of data for the period 1986 - 95, data from 1985 Agricultural Census are presented.
(3) Data refer to civil persons only.
(4) Data by size exclude 149 Government holdings with 103 035 Ha.
(5) Data source: Eurostat - Farm Structure - 1995 Sample Survey.
(6) Area classified by size of holding excludes 156 223 Ha reported by Minor Holdings.