Table 3. Number and Area of Holdings by Tenure of Holdings: 1990, 1980 and 1970 Rounds of Agricultural Censuses (1)

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Table 3. Number and Area of Holdings by Tenure of Holdings: 1990, 1980 and 1970 Rounds of Agricultural Censuses (1)

Countries by continents. Number of reporting countries is given in square brackets.	Census year	All holdings		Holdings operated under one form of tenure Owned by the holder or in ownerlike possession		Rented from others		Under other single forms of tenure		Holdings operated under more than one form of tenure
	Census year	Number	Area (Ha)	Number	Area (Ha)	Number	Area (Ha)	Number	Area (Ha)	Number	Area (Ha)

TOTAL [19]

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [5]

Bahamas	94	1 760	20 336	452	5 820	354	8 455	954	6 061	-	-
	78	4 202	36 246	3 008	24 839	170	888	492	1 615	532	8 904
Panama	90	213 895	2 941 583	61 235	1 007 264	3 014	36 025	134 544	1 343 757	15 102	554 537
	81	150 820	2 258 558	34 940	578 211	3 024	38 289	100 802	1 120 300	12 054	521 758
	71	105 272	2 098 062	12 906	545 414	4 671	73 961	75 394	933 114	12 301	545 573
Puerto Rico	87	20 245	348 530	15 693	188 459	1 433	47 321	465	23 385	2 654	89 365
	78	31 837	426 186	26 437	258 896	1 604	49 890	-	-	3 796	117 400
	70	32 687	524 575	27 954	329 081	2 394	54 233	-	-	2 339	141 261
U.S.A.	87	2 087 759	390 311 617	1 238 547	128 605 281	240 200	51 342 597	-	-	609 012	210 363 739
	78	2 478 642	416 707 081	1 451 446	137 878 692	313 648	50 216 580	-	-	713 548	228 611 809
	69	2 730 250	430 321 437	1 705 720	151 794 463	352 923	55 686 833	-	-	671 607	222 840 141
Virgin Islands (US)	87	267	7 197	208	2 739	23	427	-	-	36	4 031
	78	378	-	320	-	28	-	-	-	30	-
	70	212	8 284	187	4 710	17	225	-	-	8	3 349
SOUTH AMERICA [3]

Colombia	88	1 547 846	36 033 713	1 201 914	30 638 340	86 140	921 364	109 394	3 187 978	57 920	1 286 031
	70/71	1 176 811	30 993 190	808 779	23 121 855	166 539	1 629 980	118 365	4 328 651	83 128	1 912 704
Paraguay	91	299 259	23 817 737	156 805	20 799 240	22 126	376 452	76 330	922 664	43 998	1 719 381
	81	248 930	21 940 531	135 641	19 926 114	23 019	281 685	69 544	861 813	20 726	870 919
Peru	94	1 756 141	35 381 809	1 108 966	30 987 955	40 738	301 505	465 394	3 168 409	130 675	923 940
	71/72	1 082 639	23 470 145	673 068	19 264 420	93 619	1 055 420	121 584	1 015 248	194 368	2 135 057
ASIA [6]
India	91	106 637 000	165 507 000	103 086 000	159 419 000	465 000	494 000	663 000	653 000	2 423 000	4 941 000
	77		157 554 000	75 610 000	148 414 000	967 000	1 398 000	-	-	-	7 742 000
	70/71	70 123 000	161 500 000	64 522 000	147 699 000	2 838 000	3 950 000	-	-	2 763 000	9 851 000
Nepal	92	2 736 050	2 598 971	2 258 764	2 110 960	49 114	36 149	17 924	7 139	400 768	444 723
	82		2 463 717		2 139 972		35 725				288 020
Pakistan (2)	90	5 070 963	19 149 637	3 490 988	12 433 598	953 557	3 081 276	-	-	626 418	3 634 763
	80	4 069 419	19 058 970	2 226 777	9 928 531	1 053 495	4 113 878	-	-	789 147	5 016 561
	71/73	3 761 688	19 854 311	1 568 618	7 850 981	1 296 468	5 868 176	-	-	896 602	6 135 154
Philippines	91	4 610 041	9 974 871	1 999 979	4 855 059	1 051 976	1 775 752	35 570	117 977	1 522 516	3 226 083
	81	3 420 323	9 749 200	1 993 293	6 520 200	936 912	1 903 600	37 462	104 700	452 656	1 220 700
	71	2 352 011	8 147 493	1 364 990	5 345 429	681 658	1 746 455	36 698	124 768	268 665	930 841
Thailand	93	5 647 490	19 002 071	4 374 303	13 863 364	411 410	1 163 053	326 616	1 193 778	535 161	2 781 876
	78	3 970 510	14 954 592	3 419 531	12 624 550	234 005	814 232	34 732	88 700	282 242	1 427 110
Turkey	91	4 068 432	23 451 099	3 901 389	23 227 689	46 636	135 815	16 937	80 185	1 860	7 410
	80	3 558 815	22 764 029	3 493 861	22 357 351	43 000	229 290	20 898	167 397	1 056	9 991
EUROPE [3]
Austria	90	273 210	7 217 498	155 266	-	10 297	-	-	-	107 647	-
	80	302 579	6 585 909	178 380	3 296 704	6 946	96 222	-	-	117 253	3 192 983
	70	362 216	6 680 888	264 421	5 161 233	6 726	62 465	-	-	91 069	1 457 190
Italy	90	3 023 344	22 702 356	2 660 024	16 666 285	95 045	1 208 337	-	-	262 684	4 827 734
	82	3 258 910	23 559 924	2 800 010	17 725 437	131 270	1 293 783	-	-	327 630	4 540 704
	70	3 607 262	25 064 218	2 938 533	19 110 961	241 924	1 903 428	-	-	410 744	4 049 829
Spain	89	2 284 944	42 939 208	1 824 069	27 822 437	87 689	2 100 757	20 869	2 860 970	331 541	10 155 044
	82	2 344 012	44 311 769	1 791 920	27 709 422	95 356	1 911 249	56 067	3 524 777	400 669	11 166 321
OCEANIA [2]
American Samoa	90	384	2 349	358	2 284	10	24	-	-	16	41
	80	1 331	2 428	1 143	2 088	67	57	-	-	121	283
	70	1 923	4 212	1 595	3 541	267	490	-	-	61	181
Northern Mariana Isl.	90	119	5 836	67	216	28	4 593	-	-	24	1 027
	80	299	4 932	226	736	37	3 340	-	-	36	856


(1) ^{Includes only countries for which data for the 1990 census round, and also for the 1980 and/or 1970 census rounds were available.}
(2) ^{Excluding 149 Government holdings with an area of 103 035 Ha.}

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