Table 4. Farm households by size of land holding

Unit: 1,000 households

Country	Period	Total	Less than 1 ha^*	1–2 ha	2–5 ha^**	5–10 ha	Over 10 ha
Japan¹	1995	3,443	2,356	1,002		85
	1996	3,388	…	…		…
	1997	3,344	…	…		…
	1998	3,291	…	…		…
	1999	3,239	…	…		…
	2000	3,121	2,147	887		87
	2001	3,073	2,116	870		87
	2002	3,027	2,084	854		89
	2003	2,980	2,049	841		90
	2004	2,935	2,014	830		91
	2005	2,846	1,998	761		87
Korea (Rep. of)² (South Korea)	1995	1,501	865	418	193
	1996	1,480	862	405	188
	1997	1,440	849	383	185
	1998	1,413	878	347	166
	1999	1,382	875	333	153
	2000	1,383	819	351	199
	2001	1,354	828	332	175
	2002	1,280	777	306	177
	2003	1,264	795	292	177
	2004	1,240	738	279	173
	2005	1,273	787	281	184
Taiwan, ROC³^***	1995	792	567	157	57	5	1
	1996	779	587	131	49	6	1
	1997	780	578	130	60	5	1
	1998	782	573	145	54	4	1
	1999	787	596	135	47	5	1
	2000	721	537	127	48	5	1
	2001	727	552	115	46	7	1
	2002	748	563	126	47	6	1
	2003	755	596	110	38	5	1
	2004	760	565	135	48	5	2
	2005	767	600	115	43	4	1

Annotations

* "Less than 1 ha" includes farm households with no cropland and self-sufficience.
** For Korea only, 2 ha and over.
*** The data of 2002-2004 have been revised according to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Husbandry Census in 2005.

1. Department of Statistics and Information , Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Pocket Book of Statistics of Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries 2006, October 2006, p. 129.
2. Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Republic of Korea, Major Statistics of Agriculture and Forestry 2007, September 2007, p. 47.
3. Council of Agriculture, Taiwan ROC, Basic Agricultural Statistics 2006, June 2007, p. 13.