| Countries by continents. Number
of reporting countries is given in square brackets. |
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. |
| |
