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Table 162. Number and area of agricultural holdings


COUNTRY

Agricultural census year

Agricultural holdings

Number

Total area (ha)

Average size (ha)

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES






SOUTHEAST ASIA





1.

Cambodia

-

-

-

-

2.

Indonesia

1993

19 713 800

17 145 000

0.9

3.

Lao PDR

1998

668 000

1 047 700

1.6

4.

Malaysia

-

-

-

-

5.

Myanmar

1993

2 924 900

6 887 000

2.4

6.

Philippines

1991

4 610 000

9 974 900

2.2

7.

Thailand

1993

5 647 500

19 002 100

3.4

8.

Viet Nam

1995

9 528 900

4 948 302

0.5


SOUTH ASIA





9.

Bangladesh

1996

17 828 200

8 289 900

0.5

10.

Bhutan

-

-

-

-

11.

India

1991

106 637 000

165 507 000

1.6

12.

Maldives

-

-

-

-

13.

Nepal

1992

2 736 100

2 599 000

0.9

14.

Pakistan

1990

5 071 100

19 252 700

3.8

15.

Sri Lanka

2002

3 269 527

-

-


CENTRAL ASIA





16.

Kazakhstan

-

-

-

-

17.

Tajikistan

-

-

-

-

18.

Uzbekistan

-

-

-

-


OTHER ASIA





19.

China (1)

1997

193 445 900

130 039 200

0.7

20.

DPR Korea

-

-

-

-

21.

Iran (Islamic Rep. of)

1993

3 602 950

15 458 910

4.3

22.

Mongolia

-

-

-

-

23.

Rep. of Korea

2000

3 269 527

-

-


PACIFIC ISLANDS





24.

Cook Islands

2000

1 721

1 029

0.6

25.

Fiji

1991

95 400

591 400

6.2

26.

Kiribati

-

-

-

-

27.

Marshall Islands

-

-

-

-

28.

Nauru

-

-

-

-

29.

Niue

-

-

-

-

30.

Palau (2)

1989

300

200

0.7

31.

Papua New Guinea

-

-

-

-

32.

Samoa

1999

14 700

53 400

3.6

33.

Solomon Islands

-

-

-

-

34.

Tonga

1985

10 100

33 400

3.3

35.

Vanuatu (3)

1993

22 000

164 600

7.5

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES





36.

Australia

2001

140 516

455 723 000

3243.2

37.

Japan

2000

3 120 215

3 734 288

1.2

38.

New Zealand

1996

66 000

16 547 100

250.7

(1).Information on area refers to "cultivated area".

(2).The census covered 7 of the 13 Rural States of Palau.

(3).Information on area refers to "agricultural area".

Source: FAO - Information based on country agricultural censuses, generally conducted every ten years.


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