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South Korean Farm Tenancy Trends
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| Item | 1955 | 1960 | 1972 | 1980 | 1981 |
| Farmland not Tenanted (Acres) | 2,000 | 4,380 | 3,735 | 4,403 | 4,250 |
| Farmland Tenanted (Acres) | 5,517 | 682 | 1,010 | 1,087 | 1,220 |
| Total Farmland cultivated (Acres) | 5,517 | 5,062 | 4,745 | 5,490 | 5,470 |
| Percent Tenant Farmland cultivated | 66.7% | 13.5% | 17.7% | 19.8% | 22.3% |
| Farm Households not Tenants | 276,000 | 1,714,000 | 1,606,000 | 1,356,000 | 1,088,000 |
| Tenant Farm Households | 1,723,000 | 615,000 | 809,000 | 800,000 | 942,000 |
| Total Farm Households | 1,999,000 | 2,329,000 | 2,415,000 | 2,156,000 | 2,030,000 |
| Percent Tenant Farm Households | 86.2% | 26.4% | 33.5% | 37.1% | 46.4% |