Table 2. Number and Area of Holdings, and Gini's Index of Concentration: 1990, 1980 and 1970 Rounds of Agricultural Censuses (1)

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 [48]
AFRICA [5]
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	90	4 479 600	2 387 700	0.53	0.39	0.76	0.37
	70	2 536 616	3 821 916	1.51	1.20	1.80	0.37
Ethiopia	89/92	6 091 840	4 871 020	0.80	0.54	1.30	0.47
	77	4 797 300	6 862 200	1.43	1.00	2.30	0.46
Lesotho	90	229 300	331 000	1.44	1.10	2.40	0.49
	70	187 421	372 342	1.99	1.50	2.60	0.39
Malawi	93	1 561 416	1 167 240	0.75	0.52	1.30	0.52
	69	885 000	1 361 000	1.54	1.20	2.10	0.36
Reunion	89	15 198	67 154	4.42	1.60	7.30	0.61
	79	20 788	74 034	3.56	0.94	7.00	0.65
	73	39 111	77 231	1.97	0.18	4.50	0.71
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [8]
Bahamas	94	1 760	20 336	11.55	1.50	-	0.87
	78	4 246	36 246	8.54	1.00	-	0.89
Grenada	95	18 277	14 164	0.77	-	4.60	0.73
	81	8 202	13 858	1.69	-	6.70	0.75
Guadeloupe	89	16 530	53 559	3.24	1.60	4.80	0.56
	79	18 957	70 503	3.72	1.70	5.20	0.60
	69/72	22 577	68 714	3.04	1.20	5.90	0.65
Martinique	89	15 460	37 173	2.40	-	12.00	0.75
	81	19 573	41 353	2.11	-	13.00	0.76
Panama	90	213 895	2 941 583	13.75	1.20	110.00	0.87
	81	153 194	2 258 558	14.74	1.70	95.00	0.84
	71	115 364	2 098 062	18.19	3.60	86.00	0.80
Puerto Rico	87	20 245	348 530	17.22	4.10	100.00	0.77
	78	31 837	426 186	13.39	3.00	89.00	0.77
	70	32 687	525 000	16.06	3.90	120.00	0.79
Saint Lucia	86	11 551	23 478	2.03	-	13.00	0.70
	74	10 938	29 138	2.66	0.44	59.00	0.84
U.S.A.	87	2 087 759	390 311 617	186.95	52.00	740.00	0.74
	79	2 476 340	394 061 235	159.13	51.00	640.00	0.72
	69	2 730 250	430 321 000	157.61	55.00	530.00	0.72
Virgin Islands (US)	87	267	7 197	26.96	2.70	430.00	0.87
	78	378	9 873	26.12	2.80	450.00	0.88
	70	212	8 284	39.08	3.00	510.00	0.87
SOUTH AMERICA [4]
Brazil (3)	85	5 820 988	376 286 577	64.64	8.60	670.00	0.85
	80	5 159 851	364 854 421	70.71	9.80	730.00	0.85
	70	4 905 642	294 145 466	59.96	9.40	520.00	0.84
French Guiana	89	4 480	20 642	4.61	2.10	25.00	0.66
	81	2 209	7 349	3.33	0.99	22.00	0.74
Paraguay	91	307 221	23 817 737	77.53	6.90	-	0.93
	81	248 930	21 940 531	88.14	8.20	-	0.93
Peru	94	1 756 141	35 381 809	20.15	2.50	-	0.86
	72	1 390 877	23 545 147	16.93	1.80	-	0.91
ASIA [11]
Cyprus	94	52 089	177 760	3.41	1.40	8.40	0.63
	77	44 522	201 094	4.52	2.50	8.40	0.61
India	91	106 637 000	165 507 000	1.55	0.74	3.40	0.58
	77	81 569 000	163 343 000	2.00	0.85	4.80	0.61
	71	70 493 000	162 124 000	2.30	0.98	5.50	0.62
Indonesia	93	19 713 806	17 145 036	0.87	0.54	1.80	0.46
	73	14 375 343	16 394 000	1.14	0.56	2.40	0.55
Israel	95	25 448	314 230	12.35	-	-	-
	81	51 654	584 028	11.31	2.30	-	0.85
	71	40 210	537 000	13.35	3.00	220.00	0.77
Japan	95	3 444 000	4 120 000	1.20	0.73	2.20	0.59
	79	4 650 214	4 772 093	1.03	0.61	1.60	0.52
	70	5 354 074	5 389 000	1.01	0.63	1.50	0.47
Korea, Rep. of	90	1 768 501	1 857 491	1.05	0.81	1.40	0.34
	80	2 157 555	2 025 795	0.94	0.75	1.20	0.35
	70	2 421 420	2 132 233	0.88	0.71	1.20	0.37
Nepal	92	2 736 050	2 598 971	0.95	-	1.60	0.45
	82	2 193 956	2 463 717	1.12	0.49	2.80	0.60
	72	1 721 546	1 654 000	0.96	-	2.40	0.56
Pakistan (4)	89	5 070 963	19 149 637	3.78	2.10	7.20	0.57
	80	4 069 419	19 058 970	4.68	2.90	7.80	0.52
	71/73	3 761 940	19 913 000	5.29	3.30	8.40	0.51
Philippines	91	4 610 041	9 974 871	2.16	1.40	4.30	0.55
	81	3 420 323	9 749 200	2.85	2.00	4.90	0.51
	71	2 354 469	8 494 000	3.61	2.40	5.40	0.51
Thailand	93	5 647 490	19 002 071	3.36	2.40	5.50	0.47
	78	4 018 427	14 954 592	3.72	2.70	5.80	0.44
Turkey	91	4 068 432	23 451 099	5.76	3.00	13.00	0.61
	80	3 650 910	22 764 029	6.24	3.60	13.00	0.57
EUROPE [16]
Austria	90	273 210	7 217 498	26.42	8.80	46.00	0.65
	80	312 418	7 325 863	23.45	8.70	50.00	0.69
	69	362 216	7 490 463	20.68	7.30	48.00	0.70
Belgium	90	87 180	1 400 364	16.06	8.60	31.00	0.56
	79	119 277	1 475 140	12.37	6.50	24.00	0.58
	70	184 005	1 602 864	8.71	4.20	18.00	0.60
Denmark	89	81 267	2 774 127	34.14	24.00	50.00	0.44
	79	122 722	2 919 721	23.79	17.00	36.00	0.46
	70	140 197	2 941 316	20.98	15.00	30.00	0.43
Finland	90	199 385	12 338 439	61.88	8.20	14.00	0.26
	80	224 721	12 800 326	56.96	7.70	11.00	0.23
	70	297 257	15 150 223	50.97	6.60	9.40	0.25
France	89	1 016 755	31 985 606	31.46	16.00	52.00	0.53
	80	1 262 672	33 648 959	26.65	14.00	42.00	0.53
	71	1 587 643	35 039 217	22.07	11.00	33.00	0.53
Germany (5) (6)	95	566 900	17 156 900	30.26	11.00	73.00	0.68
	79	850 006	14 487 137	17.04	8.80	26.00	0.52
	71	1 074 637	15 236 139	14.18	7.30	20.00	0.51
Greece (5)	95	802 400	3 578 200	4.46	2.40	9.00	0.57
	71	1 047 260	3 586 294	3.42	2.30	5.60	0.49
Ireland	91	170 578	4 441 755	26.04	18.00	41.00	0.48
	79	263 558	5 704 381	21.64	13.00	33.00	0.49
	70	279 450	5 650 000	20.22	13.00	32.00	0.49
Italy	90	3 023 344	22 702 356	7.51	1.80	41.00	0.78
	82	3 270 560	23 559 924	7.20	1.90	36.00	0.76
	70	3 607 262	25 064 218	6.95	1.90	28.00	0.75
Luxembourg	90	3 803	126 298	33.21	24.00	58.00	0.48
	80	5 173	130 061	25.14	20.00	42.00	0.47
	70	7 608	135 143	17.76	13.00	28.00	0.45
Netherlands	89	127 367	1 865 031	14.64	10.00	29.00	0.55
	79	148 674	2 033 483	13.68	9.70	23.00	0.50
	70	184 613	2 142 597	11.61	8.40	19.00	0.48
Norway	89	99 382	991 077	9.97	7.10	16.00	0.46
	79	125 302	953 528	7.61	5.10	12.00	0.48
	69	154 977	955 333	6.16	4.20	9.20	0.46
Portugal	89	594 418	4 005 594	6.74	1.60	61.00	0.78
	79	783 944	5 182 902	6.61	1.20	100.00	0.81
	68	811 656	4 975 000	6.13	1.50	57.00	0.81
Spain	89	2 284 944	42 939 208	18.79	2.60	240.00	0.86
	82	2 375 327	44 311 769	18.66	2.80	220.00	0.85
	72	2 571 059	45 702 620	17.78	3.00	210.00	0.84
Switzerland	89	108 296	1 262 167	11.65	9.00	20.00	0.50
	79	125 274	1 271 545	10.15	7.00	18.00	0.52
	69	152 859	1 292 110	8.45	5.80	14.00	0.51
United Kingdom (7)	93	244 205	17 144 777	70.21	27.00	170.00	0.67
	79	268 560	17 568 330	65.42	24.00	160.00	0.68
	70	326 698	17 992 312	55.07	21.00	150.00	0.69
OCEANIA [4]
American Samoa	90	384	2 349	6.12	2.60	19.00	0.67
	79	1 331	2 428	1.82	1.20	3.10	0.53
	70	1 923	4 212	2.19	1.20	4.20	0.53
Fiji	91	95 400	591 407	6.20	1.50	27.00	0.77
	78	66 376	277 134	4.18	0.35	31.00	0.84
	69	33 521	245 000	7.31	3.50	17.00	0.65
Guam	87	351	5 315	15.14	1.60	590.00	0.88
	78	1 999	11 582	5.79	-	-	0.93
	70	1 121	10 586	9.44	1.10	510.00	0.91
Northern Mariana Isl.	90	119	5 836	49.04	2.80	590.00	0.82
	80	299	4 932	16.49	2.90	-	0.82

(1) Includes holdings without land. Includes only countries for which data for the 1990 census round, and also for the 1980 and/or 1970 census rounds were available.
(2) Data for 1979 exclude 2 302 "abnormal holdings" (i.e. institutional, experimental, research farms and Indian Reservations) with an area of 26 313 102 Ha.
(3) Due to lack of data for the period 1986 - 95, data from 1985 Agricultural Census are presented.
(4) Data exclude 149 Government holdings with 103 035 Ha for 1989, and 192 Government holdings with 49 995 Ha for 1980.
(5) Data source: Eurostat - Farm Structure - 1995 Sample Survey.
(6) Data for 1979 and 1971 exclude Germany, Dem. Rep. of.
(7) Area classified by size of holding for 1993 excludes 156 223 Ha reported by Minor Holdings.