Table 3: Distribution of Land Owned in...

Table 3:

Distribution of Land Owned in Canton Coto Brus, 1973 (in hectares)

Total land	Number of farms	Percentage of farms	Area	Mean area	Percentage of area
0.01–0.99	198	10.1	68.66	0.35	<0.1
1–1.99	145	7.4	189.15	1.30	0.3
2–2.99	150	7.6	346.63	2.31	0.5
3–3.99	92	4.7	301.45	3.28	0.4
4–4.99	109	5.5	470.44	4.32	0.7
5–9.99	322	16.4	2,238.55	6.95	3.2
10–19.99	354	18.0	4,916.88	13.89	7.1
20–49.99	414	21.1	11,931.42	28.82	17.2
50–99.99	103	5.2	6,395.70	62.09	9.2
100–199.99	39	2.0	4,950.10	126.93	7.1
200–499.99	31	1.6	8,360.60	269.70	12.0
500–999.99	3	0.2	1,640.00	546.67	2.4
1,000–2,499.99	1	0.1	2,399.00	2,399.00	3.5
2,500+	3	0.2	25,189.70	8,396.57	36.3
Total	1,964	100.0	69,398.28	20.28^a	100.0
Median area:	5.0^a
Gini index:	79.05

Total land	Number of farms	Percentage of farms	Area	Mean area	Percentage of area
0.01–0.99	198	10.1	68.66	0.35	<0.1
1–1.99	145	7.4	189.15	1.30	0.3
2–2.99	150	7.6	346.63	2.31	0.5
3–3.99	92	4.7	301.45	3.28	0.4
4–4.99	109	5.5	470.44	4.32	0.7
5–9.99	322	16.4	2,238.55	6.95	3.2
10–19.99	354	18.0	4,916.88	13.89	7.1
20–49.99	414	21.1	11,931.42	28.82	17.2
50–99.99	103	5.2	6,395.70	62.09	9.2
100–199.99	39	2.0	4,950.10	126.93	7.1
200–499.99	31	1.6	8,360.60	269.70	12.0
500–999.99	3	0.2	1,640.00	546.67	2.4
1,000–2,499.99	1	0.1	2,399.00	2,399.00	3.5
2,500+	3	0.2	25,189.70	8,396.57	36.3
Total	1,964	100.0	69,398.28	20.28^a	100.0
Median area:	5.0^a
Gini index:	79.05

Source: Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, Agricultural Census of Costa Rica, official census tapes.

Mean and median figures are based on individual farm sizes, not the grouped sizes reported in this table.