Korean Ladies Make Kimchi Seoul on the Han River

South Korean Farm Tenancy Trends
1945 to 1981


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Korean Ladies Making Kimchi Seoul on the Han River
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%