World Programme for the Census of Agriculture

Table 6. Holders Classified by Age Groups: 1990 Round of Agricultural Censuses

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

Census year

Number of holders reporting age classified by age groups

Average age of holders

Total

under 25 years

25 to 34 years

35 to 44 years

45 to 54 years

55 to 64 years

65 years and over

TOTAL [40]

AFRICA [13]

Burkina Faso

93

866 031

23 259

128 984

184 236

197 777

163 540

168 235

50

Cape Verde

88

32 193

2 093

4 668

5 151

5 795

7 082

7 404

51

Congo, Dem. Rep. of

90

4 479 600

380 766

806 328

1 093 022

1 079 584

582 348

537 552

45

Djibouti

95

1 135

23

102

238

306

306

160

51

Ethiopia

89/92

6 192 670

532 570

1 449 085

1 548 168

1 176 607

619 267

866 973

44

Guinea

89

431 277

23 345

21 374

21 531

52 567

22 832

289 628

64

Guinea Bissau

88

84 221

1 822

11 781

15 911

15 309

16 580

22 818

53

Lesotho

89/90

229 300

800

24 000

49 800

54 800

47 800

52 100

53

Reunion

89

15 198

576

3 261

4 159

3 521

2 883

798

45

Swaziland

93

73 745

1 475

7 375

16 961

19 911

14 749

13 274

51

Tanzania

94/95

3 869 529

156 726

905 021

908 775

796 263

589 771

512 973

46

Uganda

91

1 704 721

170 472

272 755

340 944

409 133

318 034

193 383

46

Zambia

90

518 597

32 717

123 102

95 237

104 952

90 967

71 622

46

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [12]

Barbados

89

16 584

238

1 863

3 250

3 018

3 065

5 150

55

Dominica

95

8 038

345

1 562

1 886

1 595

1 351

1 299

48

Grenada

95

10 036

236

1 063

2 480

2 125

1 889

2 243

52

Guadeloupe

89

16 530

470

2 006

2 955

3 658

4 359

3 082

52

Martinique

89

16 038

334

1 258

2 107

3 372

4 637

4 330

56

Panama

90

207 847

8 693

38 662

48 921

44 908

33 730

32 933

48

Puerto Rico

87

20 245

209

1 582

3 489

4 302

4 348

6 315

56

Saint Lucia

86

11 504

1 265

2 301

2 462

2 140

1 496

1 840

46

St. Kitts & Nevis

87

3 214

120

544

483

505

617

945

53

St. Vincent & Grenadines

86

8 676

515

2 344

1 660

1 520

1 454

1 183

46

United States

87

2 087 759

35 851

242 688

411 153

454 910

495 816

447 341

52

Virgin Islands (US)

87

267

1

19

34

63

65

85

57

SOUTH AMERICA [2]

French Guiana

89

4 491

311

1 243

1 140

886

634

277

42

Peru

94

1 701 393

102 927

325 935

377 399

360 244

264 179

270 709

47

ASIA [4]

Cyprus

85

47 521

 

7 176

11 072

10 597

8 839

9 837

51

Korea, Rep. of

90

1 767 033

5 971

123 665

292 036

501 183

520 996

323 182

54

Myanmar

93

2 924 305

105 850

564 695

740 337

610 608

555 195

347 620

47

Nepal

92

2 736 050

139 577

556 589

774 562

656 133

406 805

202 384

45

EUROPE [4]

Denmark

89

80 858

1 128

10 140

15 401

19 330

18 904

15 955

52

France

88

1 016 755

14 478

119 188

195 636

231 948

318 598

136 907

51

Netherlands

90

124 723

1 480

13 495

26 045

34 273

33 724

15 706

51

Norway

89

98 610

 

16 271

22 187

24 159

20 412

15 581

50

OCEANIA [5]

American Samoa

90

384

9

32

81

130

78

54

51

Fiji

91

93 288

8 396

15 859

21 456

21 456

13 993

12 128

46

Guam

87

351

7

28

49

98

108

61

53

Northern Mariana Isl.

90

119

1

17

45

34

15

7

45

Western Samoa

89

11 115

945

2 112

2 112

3 057

1 778

1 111

46